So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Is now a smart time to sell? What's the best way to find a financial planner? How to best pay for a kitchen remodel? How can I save on home and auto insurance right now? Farnoosh tackles your most recent financial questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is dedicated to all of our great, hardworking teachers who deserve far more than they earn. Our guest Mark Schug is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and co-author of the new book, Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists’ Advice for Educators. It may seem unrealistic for teachers to build wealth, knowing how underpaid many of them are, so Mark and I discuss saving, investing and earning strategies for educators to help them get ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mandi Woodruff is the executive producer and co-host of the Brown Ambition Podcast, which she launched in 2015 with Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche. Brown Ambition has been named one of the Best Financial Podcasts of 2020 by Business Insider and was nominated this year for a Plutus Award for best podcast. Mandi has more than a decade of experience as a personal finance editor and reporter, and now serves as the Senior Content Director for LendingTree.com, an online marketplace where you can shop and compare everything from mortgages to personal loans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s Ask Farnoosh focuses on questions related to managing your family finances in this pandemic and recession.I recently partnered with COUNTRY Financial and they recently conducted this eye-opening survey which points to some major financial struggles across the nation. It found that 51% of parents have financial concerns with extra food, childcare, technology and internet costs and 27% of parents have had to delay paying rent, credit card bills, auto insurance bills or retirement contributions.I'm joined by Troy Frerichs who is COUNTRY’s Vice President of Investment Services to help answer listener questions including:How to be a new parent and manage the related costs and time pressures of working and raising your child from home?How to get back in the workforce if you've had to quit your job during Covid to take care of your family?How to navigate the increased costs of college kids returning and living back at home?You can learn more about the COUNTRY survey and get access to some really helpful content and articles at countryfinancial.com/farnoosh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like so many great entrepreneurs’ stories begin, Kara Goldin discovered her business idea through solving a problem in your own life, wanting to regain her health in her 40s. As she committed to drinking more water in her own life - and adding natural flavors to the drink - a business was born. Hint is now one of the leading beverages in the world and Kara called one of the leading six distruptors in business — alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Her latest endeavor is the launch of her book: Undaunted: Overcoming Doubt and Doubters. Part autobiography, part business memoir and lots of insights on self-development, Undaunted offers inspiring stories that impart lessons that any reader can apply to their own path. While most motivational business and life books try to offer quick fixes, Undaunted focuses on long-term success, showing you how to take control of breaking down barriers and moving forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is part of a two-episode series in partnership with FICO. Our initial episode tackled all of your top credit score-related questions. FICO's Joanne Gaskin joined to co-host. You can listen to the full episode here.Today we welcome Sally Taylor, Vice President and General Manager of B2B Scores at FICO. As a product executive in the predictive analytics and decision management space, Sally has many years’ experience shaping, managing and delivering products that help businesses improve their operations and generate high ROI. She's been part of amazing transformations – such as leading the FICO Scores adoption to revolutionize the mortgage industry, to initial business uses of mathematical optimization in the credit industry – to currently making analytics accessible and consumable via the FICO Analytic Cloud Marketplace.In her current role, Sally manages a team of 60 professionals responsible for business development and partner relations, product strategy and management, marketing, analytic and software development, analytic delivery and project management for global business-to-business FICO score products.Learn more about Sally:FICO Blog: FICO Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the FICO Score Spotlighting global financial inclusion innovation at 2019 FICO WorldVIDEO – Fox Business: What is a FICO Score?Forbes byline: Top Three Data Trends Helping To Transform LendingThrive Global: FICO VP Sally Taylor: “As with any social movement, walls come down when people respect and understand each other.”Yahoo Finance: 10 Powerful Women in Finance Share Their Ideas on Achieving on Gender Parity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do elections impact the stock market and is there reason to pause your investment strategy until after November 3? This week's Ask Farnoosh responds to audience questions related to the election, as well as whether it's smart to withdraw from one's 401(k) to invest in real estate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whether you’re struggling for the words (and patience) to discuss topics like allowances and college costs with your teenager or want to encourage your 4th grader to save at a young age, my guests have advice on how to teach financial principles to your kids throughout the years. Doug Nordman and Carol Pittner are the father-daughter authors of the book Raising Your Money-Savvy Family for Next Generation Financial Independence. The book is part personal stories, part practical advice, guiding readers on how to instill financial values in their kids starting as early as Kindergarten, or as the authors say, “after they stop eating money.” We discuss their own personal memories of discussing money when Carol was growing up, as well as how families that may be struggling with money can open up to their kids about it in a meaningful (and not scary) way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and in the pandemic, as families struggle to address the education gap for their kids, a group of moms got together to create an essential platform for parents and teachers to connect called The Learning Match. Julie Plake McMinn and her co-founders built The Learning. Match to connect families to trusted, qualified and experienced educators in their local community and virtually nationwide. Access to The Learning Match is always free for educators, and during the current beta testing is also free for families.With more than 15 years of experience, Julie is an all-around marketing, branding, and PR pro. She is equally at home planning a major event, creating marketing strategies andcommunications plans, or engaging top editors and producers. A move to New York City after she graduated from Penn State University, marked the start of her communications career: She began as a marketing and advertising assistant at Niche Media, a luxury-lifestyle magazine publisher. Working on Niche titles such as Gotham and Hamptons, Julie was thrown head first into the world of networking and relationship-building for the jet set. As a result of Julie’s own networking, entrepreneur and business owner Bethenny Frankel reached out when she needed an assistant. In 2008, she became Bethenny’s right hand—coordinator of chaos—handling everything from scheduling to marketing to product launches to the development of the Skinnygirl Brand.Learn more about The Learning Match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**This episode of So Money is sponsored by Auto Navigator from Capital One.**Today we're answering your money questions related to buying a car, a deep-dive on all-things auto.The fact is many of us are shopping for a new set of wheels these days. Sales of new vehicles are up big time, thanks to extremely low interest rates and rising demand from those who want an alternative to buses, trains and taxis…and more freedom to get around. Given this trend, I thought it would be helpful to dedicate an entire Friday show to providing advice and strategies for securing a great auto deal in today's market. I've recently partnered with Capital One and I'm excited to soon bring on Dave Kang, the CMO of Capital One’s Consumer Auto Finance, for his insights. We discuss:When leasing may make more sense than buying a car?Should I buy a new car or used?How to best negotiate in this economy?To check out Capital One's AutoNavigator tool described on the episode, visit www.capitalone.com/cars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.