Bad money habits costing you thousands every year

The most common bad money habits are spending without a plan, skipping an emergency fund, carrying credit card balances, using too much of your available credit, putting off saving, avoiding a budget and leaving savings in accounts that earn almost nothing. Small daily habits like frequent takeout, brand name splurges or cash advances can quietly…

ByGesi LloydOctober 9, 20260Comments

Finance

Five money habits keeping millions of people broke

Most people struggling to make it from one payday to the next assume the problem is how much they earn, but a growing body of financial research points somewhere else entirely, toward five specific habits that quietly drain income no matter the paycheck size. A recent global workforce survey covering nearly 40,000 workers across 34…

ByGesi LloydSeptember 18, 20260Comments

Relationships

For Black women divorce can erase years of financial progress overnight

Wage gaps, wealth disparities, and caregiving burdens mean Black women enter divorce already behind. The financial recovery requires a strategy most are never told about. The end of a marriage is rarely tidy. For Black women, it is frequently devastating in ways that extend far beyond the emotional rupture. Savings accounts drain. Credit scores shift.…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

Career

5 powerful moments of Black excellence you need to know

Black Women like Simone I. Smith, when most people hear the name, they think of her decades-long marriage to hip-hop icon LL Cool J. But Smith, 1 on our list, has spent years building a legacy that is entirely her own. As the founder of her eponymous jewelry line and a prominent philanthropist, she has…

ByDorcas OnasaApril 4, 20260Comments

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Bad money habits costing you thousands every year

Five money habits keeping millions of people broke

For Black women divorce can erase years of financial progress overnight

5 powerful moments of Black excellence you need to know

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