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Valerie Coleman Morris

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During her more than 15 years at CNN, Valerie Coleman Morris was seen in more than 290 million households, businesses and airport networks. She still appears on CNN as a personal finance guest expert and is viewed as a financial journalist/educator with a unique point of view about money. Valerie is a three-time Emmy Award winning journalist.  Her long running syndicated radio feature for CBS Network Radio, With the Family in Mind, has been running three times a week nationally for more than 25 years.

Her first book "MIND OVER MONEY MATTERS: It's Your Money So Take It Personally" is available on Kindle now. It gives a multi-generation approach and mindset for a financial behavioral change to help families make a sustainable recovery from the recession.    

Her website www.valeriecolemanmorris.com is the repository of Valerie's financial education messages, her three times a week CBS Network Radio reports, as well as her weekly domestic and international blog posts.

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Why You Should NOT Lend Money to Your Kids

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When it comes to lending money to family and friends, the words that should first come to mind for our generation: Don't do it!

The 2011 National Foundation for Credit Counseling Survey says nearly a quarter of Americans asks friends and family for money when they find themselves short on cash or staring at financial hurdles that they can't get over without help. Adult children consider The Bank of Mom and Dad the lender of first and last choice.

STOP! In the name of love — for yourself!

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Will You Marry Me . . . and Show Me Your Credit Report?

These days, more than 40 percent of weddings involve a bride or groom who has been married before. And one - sometimes both - have children from a previous relationship. Statistics tell us that 70 percent of second marriages with stepchildren fail.    

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Women and Retirement: What You Need to Know Now!

The strain of recent financial hard times has touched us all. But there's another serious wake-up call for midlife women. Since women, on average, live five years longer than men and, given the fact that at age 65 our income is half that of a man's, there's urgency to develop a personal, long-term money plan. We must factor in this longer life expectancy and carefully plan the rate at which we spend our savings.

If we're being sober about this – and we should be - women must therefore anticipate and prepare for several retirement scenarios:

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The Critical Window: The Five Years Before and After You Retire

Our generation is working hard to keep what we've worked so hard to get.

When it comes to retirement, our goal is to be able to retire with two important safety nets: an adequate fixed income and health insurance.

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