Brenda W. Hargroves

I love how something old suddenly becomes new when given a trendy twist.   Budgeting and saving are concepts that have stood the test of...

My April 2023 blog post  outed corporations for the not-so-subtle ways they are making money at our expense. You know what I’m talking...

This is by far the longest article I’ve posted, but I think it’s well worth reading. Recently, I’ve noticed increased attention to the...

Many people find major unexpected car, home or health related expenses a serious blow to their already tight budget. The best way to...

I’ll never forget the words of civil rights advocate, John Lewis. In June 2018, he tweeted, "Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves Living wealthy is the highest form of living well. Not rich in dollars, but wealthy in life. Career...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves First KAREN, now we have HENRY (High Earner Not Rich Yet). HENRYs are young workers whose household income...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves We’re at their mercy. I cringe when I look at the quality of goods and services we’re offered today. I’m...

By Brenda W Hargroves While facilitating a financial literacy class, a student once asked if I was a millionaire. His question threw me...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves A recent Employee Benefits Research Institute survey revealed the top three reasons people retire early are...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves Shortly after posting the article about credit secrets earlier this month, I was asked to talk a bit more...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves Do you know how your credit score is calculated? This image shows the percentages assigned to each category....

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves A recent social media dIcussion focused on Millennials’ spending habits. Earlier this month, Kieran Gair’s...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves More people are turning to installment plans to make every-day purchases. Research data shows during 2021,...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves Continuing the discussion about what makes me tick and how what I have to say might be of value to you, I...

Brenda Weathers Hargroves Financial Literacy: Why Now? My faithful followers may recall my first post discussed how entrepreneurship grew...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves I’ve heard people, both young and old, say they don’t trust banks. What we must keep in mind is that banks...

By Brenda Weathers Hargroves It’s easy to say what you are going to do. But don’t fall into that trap when it comes to saving. There’s no...

By Brenda W Hargroves In my post, Vision Board - Valuable Tool For Personal Growth, I mention what James Clear calls “identity-based...

By Brenda W Hargroves OK, so maybe no one ever taught you how to manage your money. That’s no excuse not to learn and begin practicing...