McKinsey & Company releases annual studies of women in corporate America, usually with interesting and provocative conclusions. This year’s report is out, and it’s worth a read. It’s clear that women are not advancing in the workplace as much as numbers would suggest they should, but why is that? We’ll ignore the doofuses who say… [Read More]
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Why I Still Use Cash
I don’t use a debit card. I have one that I use only at the cash station. I’m suspicious of debit cards, and I can’t fully explain why. It just seems to me that whenever the bank pushes something hard, it’s a better deal for them than for me. I also think that using cash… [Read More]
Ten Badly Explained Topics in Finance Textbooks
Pablo Fernandez is a professor at the business school at the Universitad de Navarra, a Spanish institution. One of his area of research is how finance is taught. The idea is that students pick up concepts in class that then carry over to how they interpret finance on the job. For example, he conducts a… [Read More]
Women Need to Stop Opting Out of “Hard” Subjects, Like Finance
This is a manifesto for a Sunday. And it’s a big one, so pay attention: Girls can do math. It is okay to get a low grade in math. Math opens the doors to many well-paying careers. STOP SELF-SELECTING OUT OF GREAT OCCUPATIONS JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE A 4.0!!!!!!! AND STOP BRAGGING ABOUT… [Read More]
Keeping Your Accounts Secure
I hate Internet passwords. I understand why they are necessary, but I get so tired of having to come up with different passwords for different sites. I have worked out a standard system, but it doesn’t work with sites that don’t recognize symbols, and I can never remember which are which. Therefore, I have a… [Read More]
