How Much Debt Does The Average American Have In 2026? Debt is something most people deal with, even if no one talks about it openly. The average American’s debt...
Getting Married This Summer? Here’s What It Could Do To Your Finances Paying the bills, cooking for one, and managing your personal finances as a single adult can be challenging and...
The Main Agenda How To Talk To Your Partner About Financial Goals Without Creating Conflict Money conversations with a partner can go sideways fast, even when you both mean well. The problem isn’t the finances themselves. Nobody teaches you... By: Mia Barnes · 1 week ago
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The Main Agenda How To Build An Emergency Fund While Paying Down High Interest Debt Although you can’t plan for a rainy day, it is still important to be prepared for when a rainy day comes. Having an emergency... By: Izzy Spears · 1 month ago
The Main Agenda 8 Ways To Squeeze More Miles From Every Tank, According To America’s Fleet Pros The trucking industry has turned fuel efficiency into a science. Here’s what everyday drivers can borrow from their playbook. Diesel hit $5.03 per gallon... By: Her Agenda Staff · 1 month ago
The Main Agenda Denied By A Number: The Hidden Cost Of Poor Credit When a financial institution says no, the consequences rarely end with one declined application. A new Credit One Bank survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers, conducted on September... By: Her Agenda Staff · 2 months ago
The Main Agenda 6 Money-Saving Tips For People Struggling With High Prices You probably felt the sting of high prices during your holiday shopping or last trip to the grocery store....
The Main Agenda Understanding The Real Impact Of The Pink Tax On Black Female Consumers If you feel the stretch in your wallet due to the current economy, you are not alone. Inflation surges...
The Main Agenda From TikTok Gurus To Instagram Scams: How To Tell The Good Money Advice From The Bad Many of us turn to social media for how-tos, and that includes money advice. Research has found that 61% of young adults trust social... By: Janell Hazelwood, MAOL · 2 months ago
The Main Agenda Why Saying No To Family Is Sometimes A Yes To Wealth Oftentimes, ambitious women can face pressure to provide financially for their families. Unfortunately, saying no to a loved one never feels good, especially when... By: Izzy Spears · 2 months ago
The Main Agenda The ‘Big Wealth’ Transfer Is Coming For Millennial Women, But Are We Ready? There’s a historic financial shift underway for women. According to reports, trillions of dollars are moving from older generations, particularly Baby Boomers, to millennials... By: Janell Hazelwood, MAOL · 2 months ago
The Main Agenda The True Cost Of Living A Soft Life On A Hard Budget In a perfect world, we’d all like to wake up at noon, go have brunch, shop after, squeeze in a nap, and go wherever... By: Candis McDow · 3 months ago
The Main Agenda Understanding The Shift From Accumulation To Longevity-Focused Spending Just like we experience different phases of life in terms of our health, career, and family, our financial life has a cycle of its... By: Natalli Marie Amato · 4 months ago
The Main Agenda Why So Many People Live Paycheck To Paycheck, Even High Earners Living paycheck to paycheck is no longer limited to low-income households. In 2025, Americans earning $100,000 a year are more...
The Main Agenda Aligning Your Wealth Plan With An 80 Plus Year Life Expectancy Given the rising life expectancy to over 80, your money needs to last longer than traditional advice assumes. Align...
The Main Agenda How Millennial Women Are Using Fractional Real Estate Investing To Diversify Their Portfolios The ability to invest your money can come in many shapes and sizes. For women looking for a smaller barrier to entry, fractional real estate... By: Izzy Spears · 4 months ago
The Main Agenda Shifting From Asset Accumulation To Longevity Focused Cash Flow In today’s era of extended lifespans, where individuals may need savings to last 30+ years, the traditional focus is asset accumulation, but in recent... By: Edikan Umoh · 4 months ago
Featured Articles 5 Strategies For Maximizing Wealth In A Lower Interest Rate Environment Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve decided to hold federal funds interest rates in the 3.50%-3.75% range after seeing rate cuts in 2025. As... By: Natalli Marie Amato · 4 months ago
The Main Agenda You Don’t Need To Be ‘Bad With Money’ To Need Financial Support Most people, especially women, do not have a financial advisor even when they need one because they think they don’t make enough money, couldn’t... By: IMAN M'FAH TRAORE · 4 months ago
The Main Agenda How To Manage Variable Income In The Gig-Executive Economy Smart money management is essential when unpredictable compensation is your main source of income. Working in high-level freelance, consulting, or contract-based roles, specifically in the... By: Izzy Spears · 5 months ago
The Main Agenda 5 Radical Things You Can Do Today To Get Closer To Financial Freedom In a vision of financial freedom, imagine waking up with no fear about how you’ll pay your bills or...
The Main Agenda How To Protect Your Assets Against 2026 Inflation Shifts While we may not be able to ward off the impacts of inflation completely, we have more agency than...
The Main Agenda Why Gen Z And Millennial Consumers Feel Disillusioned — And How They Can Drive Real Change Walk into any classroom, scroll through TikTok, or sit in on a Gen Z focus group, and you’ll hear a familiar refrain: “We care,... By: The Conversation · 5 months ago
The Main Agenda Four Ways To Turn Your Hobby Into Extra Income It is no secret that the job market is experiencing strain. Challenger, Gray, and Christmas reported that nearly 260,000 job cuts occurred in Q4 of 2025.... By: Izzy Spears · 5 months ago
The Main Agenda What Percentage Of Taxes Were Taken Out Of Your Paycheck In 2025? For most people in 2025, around 29%-33% of taxes are taken out of their paycheck. The exact percentage will depend largely on the state... By: Her Agenda · 5 months ago
The Main Agenda The Top 3 Nutrition Myths Every Woman Should Know When it comes to nutrition and health, there are many myths involved that could potentially be harmful. A lot of people are looking for... By: Candis McDow · 5 months ago
The Main Agenda How To Rebound Financially When You’ve Literally Lost Everything For many women, the chain reaction of mass layoffs, high healthcare costs, and political conflict has become an all-too-common experience rather than a rare... By: Janell Hazelwood, MAOL · 5 months ago
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Exclude Feed Has The Fed Fixed The Economy Yet? And Other Burning Economic Questions For 2026 The U.S. economy heads into 2026 in an unusual place: Inflation is down from its peak in mid-2022, growth has held up better than many expected,...
7 Ways To Manage Financial Anxiety While Scaling Your Career Adulting often comes with waves of money anxiety. Once you begin earning, especially at the start of your career, there is a sudden influx... By: Edikan Umoh · 6 months ago
How To Adjust Your Monthly Budget To Account For New Year Financial Goals The arrival of a new year often brings a renewed sense of ambition. Whether you are aiming to buy your first home, launch a... By: Kerbi Lynn · 6 months ago
The Main Agenda How To Use Holiday Gifts, Bonuses, Or Side Hustle Revenue To Jump-Start A 2026 Emergency Fund With holiday cash gifts, year-end work bonuses, and extra income from side hustles, there’s a powerful opportunity at the end of the year that... By: Caitlin Elizabeth · 6 months ago
The Main Agenda How Women Are Building ‘Holiday Emergency Funds’ To Mitigate Over-Spending Being fiscally responsible can benefit you in all aspects of life – especially during the holidays. Planning ahead to mitigate overspending will not only... By: Candis McDow · 7 months ago
Pretirement The Real Talk About Retirement That Every Woman Needs To Hear Too many of us aren’t thinking about retirement as much as we should. We put it off as a “future” problem, but planning about... By: Marissa Braswell · 8 months ago
The Main Agenda Why Most Millennials Aren’t 9-To-5 Workers In these times of creating your own lane, it appears that millennials have taken that notion and ran with...
The Main Agenda How To Build Seasonal Side Projects To Boost Q4 Income And Portfolio Growth As the calendar inches toward November, many professionals shift into year-end mode: tying up loose ends, closing projects, and...
Pretirement How Women Are Redefining Financial Empowerment The conversation about women’s empowerment is evolving, and so are women’s thoughts about their economic independence. For women, building enduring and meaningful futures is... By: Candis McDow · 8 months ago
Pretirement The Pretirement Playbook For Busy Women Planning for retirement can seem overwhelming, but it’s never too early to start. Women in the workforce often experience the gender pay gap, career... By: Kiara Manning · 8 months ago
Pretirement How Women Can ‘Play With Purpose’ For Financial Freedom The cards are on the table, and it’s time to make a move. For women looking towards retirement, this isn’t just any game; we’re... By: Taylor Bushey · 8 months ago
Pretirement Her Agenda And The Ad Council Promote ‘Pretirement’ Awareness With Stacked: Saving, Planning, And Playing With Intention Her Agenda, the award-winning digital media platform, today announced a new collaboration with the Ad Council and AARP in support of the national This... By: Her Agenda · 9 months ago
The Main Agenda The Rise Of Women’s Financial Book Clubs Women’s financial book clubs are definitely on the rise, creating positive space where women come to read, discuss, and take action on topics related... By: Candis McDow · 9 months ago
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The Main Agenda How Women Can Use Fractional Investing Platforms To Build Wealth Investing in profitable stocks can be a key strategy in one’s wealth accumulation. While statistics show that approximately 70%...
The Main Agenda Black Women’s Unemployment Is Rising. Economists Say It’s A Warning Sign. New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women. Unemployment rates... By: The 19th · 12 months ago
The Main Agenda Redefining Retirement: How Elder Millennials Are Facing Realities, Pivots, And Reinventions Elder millennials, born between 1980 and 1986, are approaching middle age in an economic landscape far different from what they were promised. Once told... By: Janell Hazelwood, MAOL · 12 months ago
The Main Agenda Budgeting For Big Life Changes: Marriage, Children, And Beyond Adulting throws so many changes at you, sometimes all at once. Budgeting can help soften the blow of life, as it helps you prepare... By: Candis McDow · 12 months ago
The Main Agenda Navigating Financial Planning For Single Mothers Financial planning is essential in today’s times, especially in this economy. Not knowing where your next dollar will come from can be a crazy... By: Candis McDow · 1 year ago
The Main Agenda Women Entrepreneurs On Why It’s Important To Separate Business And Personal Finances According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, business owners are reported to have higher income, savings, and wealth generating capabilities. However, their business revenue... By: Taylor Bushey · 1 year ago
