Monthly Archives: August 2010

Budgeting with an open mind

Various forms of insurance are often big pieces of my clients’ budget.  The irony is that they often have life insurance and car insurance, but no health insurance.  Yet the consequences of illness would be far more devastating than the risks my clients were protecting against.  Gene Melchionne’s piece at Money Health Central starts a…

Student loans: sinking the parents

My friend Gene Melchionne trotted out the brutal numbers on repayment of a student loan for four years at a private university.  No matter how enriching the education, the loan may be the financial death of the graduate. But what sorrows me are the parents of those same students who have guaranteed or cosigned those…

New Personal Finance Resource Debuts Today

Money Health Central, a new portal for personal finance, goes live today.  A project of mine with five friends who are also bankruptcy lawyers, our goal is to provide solid, reliable information on money and debt issues for  consumers. If you are a bankruptcy lawyer, this site is a resource for your clients.  If you…