Author: Nina
-
Ten Money Questions for Cooper Smith
Cooper Smith is the editor-in-chief & publisher of Gay List Daily, a snarky, but superbly useful e-zine that boasts daily editions. I’ve dubbed it the DailyCandy for homosexuals. Cooper, who leads a public relations firm in his spare time, is the master at getting the word out on all things gay. After all, just look…
Written by
-
Queercents introduces Neil Scott
New Series Alert: Neil Scott is a young transguy living it up in the South. He is in college, one that looks the other way when folks bring up trans issues. Neil is particularly interested in personal finance strategies for transgender people, particularly folks who are young. Neil will be adding to our Transgender Finances…
Written by
-
Equity Line of Credit: Seek Other Financial Shelter
‘œAs long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.’ ‘“ Charles O. Prince, III, former CEO of Citigroup Earlier this year, the HELOC on our Newport Beach home was reduced to practically nothing and the line on one of my rental properties was suspended completely. Both notices came as a…
Written by
-
Life Insurance: More dependents, more premium
‘œThe only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.’ ‘“ Lee Iacocca With the birthmother due in mid-December, our baby’s arrival is just around the corner. We saw her over the long weekend and if looks are the last signal, then it could be any day…
Written by
-
Queercents in search of contributing writers
If you have stopped by Queercents this weekend, then I suspect that you’re bored or stuck at work. We’re in the midst of a traffic lull. If you think the same trend happens around Christmas, it doesn’t. By then, money is top of mind with the New Year approaching and people are either in a…
Written by
-
Buy Nothing Day: Spend a Day without Spending
It’s that special day of the year ‘“ the day after Thanksgiving! Some call it Black Friday. Others call it Buy Nothing Day: Though rushing to the mall or local CrapMart the day after Thanksgiving has become trad for millions of Americans, many Americans spend Black Friday boycotting shopping altogether in protest. Buy Nothing Day…
Written by
-
Happy Recession: Layoffs in the blogosphere
‘œBecause your Tumblr and Tweets, while clever, will not pay your bills.’ ‘“ the folks at SixApart.com, creators of TypePad. Big blogs, little blogs, straight blogs, gay blogs’¦ apparently, the economy has taken its toll on the viability of online journalism. Thankfully, we write about money here at Queercents. Traffic is up. I wonder why.…
Written by
-
Ask the Readers: How much time do you spend each year planning for retirement?
‘œLast year Americans spent 19 hours planning for their retirement. That’s about the same amount of time they spent planning their Thanksgiving dinner.’ ‘“ Allstate advertisement Retirement lasts a lot longer than leftovers. Yet, most people spend what equates to less than 2.5 business days each year on their retirement planning. Aetna did their own…
Written by
-
Ten Money Questions for Peterson Toscano
Ex-gay survivor and queer quirky Quaker, Peterson Toscano is a theatrical performance activist. His one-person show about how he tried to de-gay himself for a number of years is now available on DVD. As some of you might know, therapy and residential treatment programs cost money’¦ and Peterson spent a lot of coin before moving…
Written by