Managing your money, emotions, and meaning of life...

In this episode of Friends Talk Finanical Planning, Bridget Sullivan Mermel and John Scherer discuss smart strategies for parking your...

In this episode of Friends Talk Financial Planning, Bridget Sullivan Mermel shares her personal experience of being hacked and provides...

Will Schwab fail? Is @CharlesSchwab next to go down? With recent uncertainty at banks, Schwab is in the news for all the wrong reasons....

If you're worried about what the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank's recent closings, you'll want to understand exactly what money...

Recession-Proof Your Finances: Which gives better advice on recession-proofing your finances? Experts or ChatGPT? That's what we decided...

CDs, or Certificates of Deposit, Treasuries, and TBills are paying higher interest than they have been in years. You can start earning...

Where to park money? A viewer inherited $500,000 and wanted to know. They (wisely) didn't want to take some time to decide exactly what...

Series I Bonds savings bonds are currently paying more interest than other safe investments. That means a lot of people are paying...

Buying I bonds can be a smart way to keep up with inflation and earn more interest. But who should buy I Bonds? How do you actually go...

Socially responsible money management starts with your bank

Recently a client emailed me to ask, “What is the best credit card?” Then, at a family holiday, four of my nieces and nephews asked the...

Dear Bridget, Although I like a good vampire movie, I don’t like it when I feel like my big bank has fangs in my neck. Between high ...

Dear Bridget, Is there anything we can/should do about the pending debt-ceiling deadline?  Should I be getting cash out of the bank to...