The article everyone is talking about today

…is the phenomenal New York Times article written about how a woman named Diane McLeod got into thousands of dollars of debt. It’s remarkable because it includes a rich set of multimedia features that let you understand how many of us get into so much debt — and also allow you to compare yourself to [...]

The 1 question to ask about $1,300 in overdraft fees

I was having breakfast with someone today who told me the most interesting story. He had been dating his girlfriend for two years before they talked about finances. “It took me that long to get her trust,” he said. She was a public school teacher, so she didn’t make that much money. When he looked [...]

Look how men’s and women’s magazines write about money

I read Oprah’s magazine once in a while. Yes, I said it. And my jaw drops when I see an article like the recent, “25 things you don’t have to worry about.” What? Why do I need a magazine to tell me what I don’t need to worry about?
But I’m not the target audience. [...]

There’s an interesting discussion on women and salary happening in the comments section

There’s an interesting discussion happening in the comments of last week’s post about gender and money. As usual, the comments make me think that this site has the best readers in the world.
(Cool note: This weekend, I Will Teach You To Be Rich crossed 7,000 comments.)

13 stunning differences in how men and women think about money

Digg this!
Thanks to the 35+ comments on the last post, Rob from BankSwitcher (”Switching banks is hard…we make it easier”) was kind enough to re-analyze the data from my survey on gender and money (n=1,167).
Below, you’ll see red highlighting around areas where there are dramatic gender differences. For example:

Slide 10: Guess who negotiates their salary [...]

Survey responses — what jumps out at you?

Here are the survey responses from 1,167 respondents from last week’s gender and money survey. Rob from Bankswitcher helped with the analysis, and is willing to dig into the data a little more. I personally don’t believe all of the data — look at the household income, for example — but much of it is [...]