Were you one of these people?! Like, when you used to go to work every day back in the Good Days? ;) I'm wayyyy too Goody Two-Shoes* to even dare try pulling these off (I'd get caught in a heartbeat!), but according to this survey by Procurify.com it's something apparently a good chunk of people are doing: "30% of employees have expensed a personal purchase, pretending
Stats Bomb
Stats Bomb VI
What up what up! Opened an email that rattled off the below stats, and reminded me we haven't done a good bombing of them in a while... According to Northwestern Mutual, the average American has over $38,000 in Personal Debt According to GOBankingRates, 58% of Americans have less than $1,000 in Savings According to the New York Federal Reserve, over 7 million
Are you an asset or a liability to your state?! ;)
Morning! Who’s up for some early morning stats?! :) A report just came out by WalletHub on the most financially literate – and least financially literate – states, and I was proud to see two of those I’ve called home over recent years land in the top 6. How about yours? The Most Financially Literate States: Virginia <— Aww yeahh! Utah New Hampshire
Would you give up sex for a year in exchange for a free year of college tuition?
According to a study I just read, 61% of people would! Haha... At least when it comes to college tuition *for their kids* :) And depending on how much we're talking about here ($20,000? $40,000?) I'd probably consider it too. It's kinda like the opposite of prostitution - getting paid to NOT have sex - hah! There were some other interesting stats in this survey by
Stats That Would Make Our Founding Fathers Cringe
Happy Presidents Day! Here are a bunch of financial stats I've been saving up that would shock our founding fathers right up from out of their graves, haha... All that freedom they fought for, and what do we do with it all?? Spend it accumulating more junk and getting those shackles right back on us! Treasonous! ****** "43.3% of Americans have less than $500 set
Financial Stats Bomb!
Just got a note about TD Bank's 4th annual "Love and Money" survey, and it reminded me we haven't done a good Stats Bombing around here lately :) Here's a plethora of data I've collected over the past handful of months from press releases and surveys sent over... I've tried to pick out the more juicy parts for your enjoyment ;) Quotes and sources are below, along with
Science Has Finally Proven It: Budgets Are Sexy!
Taking a break from all the heart pouring lately, and moving on to some financial sexiness today... With special attention on the latter ;) Check out this clip I was emailed from Sam over at Honeyfi (who you might remember from our FinTech competition and apps review the other month). The truth finally comes out!! We just conducted a survey of 500 committed couples, and I
Could You Come Up With $2,000 in An Emergency?
Hey hey! So my plan to hit you with that awesome savings account I hinted at on Monday will have to wait some more (couldn't get my act together - sorry!), but I promise we'll be back to the saving obsession here shortly, particularly after reading these crazy stats I'm about to share with y'all today. I always know it's time to share them when multiple people at once send
Some Pretty Explosive $$$ Stats!
I've been saving up a bunch of stats that PR companies send me, and after seeing a whopper of one today I decided it was the day to unleash them :) Check 'em out and see where you fall, and then we'll recap the takeaways at the end.. Ready. Set. Hide your coffee! "The typical consumer will pay $279,002 over their lifetime in interest payments." (Credit.com) I just about
Some Un-Sexy Money Stats (and Leaks)…
Happy Friday y'all! I was paging through a recent article in Money Magazine yesterday (one of my favorite still-in-print mags, btw), and thought you might find parts of it interesting too. You know, 'cuz we're money nerds like that. The article was on plugging 35 of your "money leaks" this year, an analogy I love to use myself!, but for the most part I didn't find anything
