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Why we overspend—and what to do about it
CAR TROUBLE | Jacqueline Sheppet’s Mini Cooper expenses blew her budget
Jacqueline Sheppet thinks of herself as reasonably good with money. She is a high-school math teacher,
Joe Segal on the moment he turned his finances around
“This was just after the war, 1947. I was starting out in the war surplus business, because I’d been in the army overseas. I didn’t have…
My Financial Turning Point: Katherine Berry
“My twin sister, Kristine, [Steuart], was a marketing manager, and she and her colleagues were each managing their own million-dollar marketing spend. They kept seeing…
My Financial Turning Point: Bob Rennie
“In 1982, I left my core competency of real estate and invested in the stock market—and I lost heavily. Interest rates went to 21 per…
My Financial Turning Point: Jeff Booth
“It wasn’t the housing industry collapse that hit us—it was the credit crisis, because people didn’t have the credit to be able to buy anything.
My Financial Turning Point: Shannon Rogers
“We started our company in 1999, and in early 2000 was the dot-com bust. We tried to find investment capital but couldn’t.
We raised funds from…
