Dan Meehan

Hey Ramit, I emailed you earlier today, just wanted to say thanks again, I’ll let you know how things go about the job, but I referenced you today in my blog, so I just thought I’d give you the heads up.

ilikeoysters

I’m sending you an e-mail either tonight or tomorrow.

Also, I noticed you’re reading books on women and personal finance – have you read Money, a Memoir? It’s a good insight into the internal turmoils many women have with money, wealth, work and security. Reading this book, I had a handful of moments where I thought “Hey, I remember that.” When you’re reading it, keep in mind that the book is heavily slanted towards middle-class Baby Boomers, that a lot of these attitudes are changing with our generation, that not all women are affected equally by these things, and that the author comes down pretty hard – but I still recommend it.

Rogers Place

Add us to the female % of your readers.

beth

I’m too old for your profile (at a decrepit 35…) but I know that I’m single and am planning to count on only myself to provide for my retirement. However that doesn’t mean I don’t understand what I’m doing! But I do think that lots of people in general assume they’re going to have a financial partner in life, and so it might be interesting to read about what single people should do differently.

I’ve successfully nagged my younger sister into saving for retirement (she’s 31 and has more saved than I do already, so I have dibs on her couch when we’re 70); now I’m working on getting my 24-year-old brother to start saving (he has MUCH higher student loans than I do/did).

Dee

Hey Jenn,
I disagree with the assumption that most financially secure and independent women investors are over 40. I began earning enough to invest at the age of 21. Also, I put about 30 percent of my take home salary in mutual funds on the advice of my investment guru.
However, I will mention here that I am the only one in my circle of friends from college(we are all 24) who managed to do any significant investing, even though I’m also the only one that has to pay rent, utilities and groceries.

Steven Place

Slightly OT, but there is a recently published HBS case about Madam C.J. Walker, one of the first black female entrepreneurs. She was born in the middle of the US Civil War, and created a beauty products for black women.

Linky: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5662.html

Nil

I think Suze Orman is focusing on women, but only for the same reason that Ramit might be – to get some additional followers.

I don’t want to knock the idea before I see the implementation, but I just don’t see how women’s finances are different than men’s. One of my favorite things about investing is that it doesn’t matter who is doing it – saving and investing wisely yields results. Balancing your personal budget and getting positive cash flow helps you to build wealth. I don’t see how gender matters.

My girlfriend and I watched the Suze Orman special on women and money together, and I think she would’ve thrown the tv through the window if she could’ve. Suze basically overgeneralized women and assumed they were all nurturers and protectors, etc. and treated them like they were all selfless creatures who always gave their money away to make others happy. A lot of pandering, really. It all looked like a giant self-help sales pitch with no financial substance. Don’t even get me started on her ‘Save Yourself’ plan…

Ramit, I hope you handle it better on your blog because my girlfriend can definitely throw my laptop out of the window.

Margo

I’m 24 and I’ve got the numbers aspect of my financial life sorted out – but I’m still battling some emotional issues with money. The major issue for me is how thorny the money topic is when it comes to dating. If I were married, the guy and I would have to work it out or consider a divorce…but when we’re just dating, both of us gets hurt b/c there’s little impetus to come to a compromise.

I’d be interested in doing a profile.

Margaret

I agree with the other posters, women’s concerns and issues with money are very similar to men’s. A women who didn’t receive proper financial education at home didn’t receive it for the same reason men didn’t — their parents never had a proper grasp of money and therefore were unable to teach it to their children.

Simone's Butterfly

My husband would send links to your blog after while I added you to my RSS. Now his wondering if I am actually reading it! hehehe