Sharif Small, President/CEO of SJS Financial Discusses Baltimore’s FREE Financial Planning Day | Wealthy Radio

Saturday October 6 is Financial Planning Day. It’s an event where attendees can meet one-on-one with financial professionals for FREE.  I will be one of those financial professionals. The Financial Planning Association’s literacy chairperson joined us to discuss how to learn our financial A-B-Cs. Mr. Sharif Small is the Pro Bono and Financial Literacy Chair for the [...]

My Favorite Designer Sashays to Wall Street

Who knew? One of my Purseonal Success Plan members mentioned that Project Runway favorite Judge Michael Kors  company’s stock debuted on Wall Street yesterday.  Her question was, “Should I buy the stock.”  My answer,  “It depends. The first thing you need to do before you purchase a stock is to crunch the numbers and that [...]

Holiday Hoaxes: Christmas Promos That Make You Go Broke

The weather outside is frightful and the sales are so delightful? Not. Retailers make the majority of their money during this season and those weekly sales circulars will become a daily occurrence. The Christmas Carols, holiday decorations, and extended hours are all designed to have you spend your money spontaneously without thinking.  Here are a [...]

A Wealthy System

Ed McMahon, Debbie Reynolds andMichael Jackson were hugely successful entertainers and yet they all experienced financial distress. So the question is: Does fame really equal fortune? Considering the popularity of reality shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent, it’s clear that many people believe that fame is the path to riches. What I know to be true based of my years of hosting a [...]

Washington Post The Color of Money Book Club

I simply love using a purse as a metaphor for wealth. “More than anything, the purse represents our private financial identity,” Deborah Owens writes in “A Purse of Your Own.” “At the end of the day, creating wealth is about adding to the purse.”