Broke: Why Professional Athletes Need Financial Education

In a recent Sports Illustrated article that sparked widespread conversation on blogs and Twitter it stated, "by the time they have been retired for two years, 78 percent of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress; within five years of retirement, an estimated 60 percent of former NBA players are broke." For many, the stats were alarming and unfathomable...
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Upgrade Your Cool: 5 Personal Finance Apps to Kick-Off Your New Year!

As I navigate the world day-to-day, I often wonder how prior generations made it through life without smart phones and the almighty world of amazing apps!  Apps (software programs you can download onto your average smart phone either for free or for a nominal fee) have recently become such an integral part of what it means to be more efficient, socially-adept, and even consumer-savvy...

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