Features By Helaine Olen
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Payday lenders need to be more transparent
Last week on Marketplace, a payday loan lender defended his industry, saying as long as customers did the math, he wasn't doing anything wrong. Commentator Helaine Olen begs to differ.
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The financial reality of investing for women
We often hear that women are more risk averse than men. Commentator Helaine Olen says yes, male and female investors may approach risk-taking differently, but that's not why women have less money to put away.
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Retirement -- election no-show
Commentator Helaine Olen says neither President Obama nor Mitt Romeny acknowledge coming 'retirement crisis.'
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Innovations won't resolve personal finance woes
The digital wizardry unveiled at the annual Finovate trade show is great, but it won't help solve the decades-long assault on our personal finances.
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Why are people attacking lemonade stands?
One parent wonders why many adults disapprove of where her son is putting his hard-earned lemonade stand money towards.
