Millennials & Money: Make the best of the hand you were dealt
No, it’s not just you; millennials have been dealt the worst economic luck in modern history—it’s a fact. We’ve lived through economic catastrophes and global changes that have directly affected our chances of getting ahead. Millennials entered the workforce at the beginning of the Great Recession, and while employment did eventually recover, millennials’ earnings never […]
Things Parents Tell Their Millennial Kids About Money (And What Should Happen Next)
Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. The term “millennial” is problematic. Firstly, it encompasses a broad age range (persons born 1982 to 2002) with a multiplicity of divergent experiences and life circumstances. Secondly, for some, it’s an emotionally loaded term as the media have often sought to paint everyone in this age […]
3 Money “Rules” Millennials Must Embrace
As Millennials, we’ve grown up through decade after decade of severe economic turmoil; in fact, we’re officially the unluckiest generation in US history when it comes to the economic odds we’ve had to face. And will continue to face down the line. Much of that has to do with factors out of our control (recessions, […]