MONEY MATTERS with Christopher Hensley

Women are more likely than men to feel that they lack investment knowledge. This can discourage them from taking even basic steps in ensuring their long-term financial security.  For this reason, many women face a real risk of being financially under-prepared for retirement. Being poor is not anyone's idea of a good time. Sad statistic: women are 80% more likely to be in poverty at retirement comp...

Families often undergo financial crisis situations that can be difficult to traverse alone. Richard Simonds is a senior financial coach at Family Houston. He is an e xperienced Director Of Services with a demonstrated history of working in the individual and family- services industries. He is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Coaching, Crisis Intervention, Program Development and Evaluation. Ric...

Why is it that some artists are wildly successful, while others just barely squeak by? It may seem like an unfathomable mystery, how some are earning six figures while other, more talented artists, are struggling. Maria Brophy has dedicated 20 years of her life to researching the specific strategies that successful artists follow. After applying these strategies to her husband Drew Brophy's career...

It's often said that the chairman of the Fed is the second most powerful person in the world, next only to the president of the United States. Some say the chairman is even more powerful. When Ben Bernanke publicly stated on September 8, 2013, the Fed's intent to continue its policy of quantitative easing, global markets instantly reversed direction from a worrying downward spiral to an exuberant...

Can money be a symbolic representation of deeper issues underlying everyday relationships? According to Kira Nurieli, a dedicated mediation and conflict resolution expert, sometimes we have to dig deeper to find the true meaning behind the crises that plague family relationships, friendships, and the like. With money as a central theme in many of these crises, it is often that conscious financial...

Are you married to a doctor?  Do you find being married to a doctor isn't as glamorous as society assumes? Lara McElderry is the host of the Married to Doctors podcast, where she explores how you can navigate having a relationship with a spouse that is a physician. According to Lara, being married to a physician is not an easy journey, but she has also realized that having the right mindset can ma...

With the holidays approaching, living a healthy financial lifestyle is more important than ever. In The C.A.S.H. Formula, WenFang Bruchett draws from over two decades of banking experience in wealth building. This book will teach you strategies for getting loan approvals, capitalizing credit, creating assets, and living a healthy lifestyle. Once you learn and apply the formula, you will master the...

What are the best ways to be spending your money this holiday season? How can you budget for buying gifts? With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season right around the corner, you want to make sure you are not overextending yourself when it comes to shopping for friends and family. Rudy Cavazos Jr. provides valuable insight into how we can avoid the Christmas shopping guilt crisis plaguing so...

Have you ever wondered about how Alzheimers can affect working with a financial advisor? Jennifer L. FitzPatrick, MSW, LCSW-C, CSP is the founder of Jenerations Health Education, Inc., a full service healthcare education organization. With over 20+ years experience in healthcare, Jennifer is also a gerontology instructor at Johns Hopkins University's Certificate on Aging program. Her mission is to...

Are you currently looking for work? What things can you do to better navigate the job market? Mark Anthony Dyson is the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers, the award-winning blog and podcast. He is a career consultant and career-advice writer, and a passionate advocate for job seekers. Mark loves helping the unemployed, underemployed and underappreciated find jobs, and his career advice has been...

Are you going through financial hardship in life? If so, you could be prey to predatory payday loan lenders in the state of Texas. Even though lawmakers continue to look for ways to regulate payday loan lenders, a legal loophole allows lenders to charge unreasonable rates in the state of Texas. To combat this issue, Zara Mohidin works with Fig Loans to offer products that charge lower rates for pe...

House of Trump, House of Putin  offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House. Our guest today was Craig Unger. Craig Unger is the New York Times bestselling author of House of Trump, House of Putin; House of Bush, House of Saud, and other books. The former e...

More and more retirees are turning to the equity in their homes to finance their retirement. Would you like to learn how to navigate reverse mortgages to access this equity? Eric Rittmeyer is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He founded Fidelis Mortgage in 2006. In 2010, he was the first person in the United States to obtain the designation of Certified Reverse Mortgage Professional (CR...

Are you thinking about retirement? Are you overwhelmed by the pressure of the decisions you now have to make? A Certified Financial Planner practitioner and Retirement Income Certified Professional based in Stamford, Connecticut, Nahum Daniels has specialized for over thirty years in serving clients facing the challenge of making income last in retirement and wealth span generations. Independent a...

Why do businesses do the things they do? What makes people make certain life decisions? Melina Palmer is the host of the The Brainy Business Podcast, which explores concepts of behavioral economics, and why people buy (or don't buy) certain items.  Consumers are weird. They don't do what they say they will do and don't act how we think they "should." Enter Melina Palmer, a sales conversion expert...

How much do you pay in Flood Insurance? The average homeowner can pay over $100 a month. Which of course is $1200 a year. On a thirty-year loan, that equates to $36,000. That's a lot of money! Wouldn't it be great if you could get your Flood Insurance rate reduced? Better yet, what if you didn't have to pay for ANY Flood Insurance? In his book, Flood Money, author Brad Hubbard shares how he has sa...

Don't plan to die? Bad news – humans have a 100% mortality rate. Yet only 30% of us make end-of-life plans: wills or trusts, advance medical directives and pre-need funeral planning. That leaves 70% of us unprepared and devastated, not if but when a death occurs. Listen to Gail Rubin on why we avoid the topic of death and what we can do to improve end-of-life planning rates so everyone can have a...

Budgeting is hard enough, but relocating your place of residence every few years can make this age-old task even more difficult. Charlene Wilde is a veteran and military spouse who has experienced permanent change of station both here and abroad. She has managed relocations both alone and with her family, including seven moves in the past 15 years with her husband and two sons. Charlene works for...

Immigrants arriving in the US already have a plethora of struggles. To add finance struggles to that is a whole other issue entirely. Adina Appelbaum founded and helps lead the Immigration Impact Lab, CAIR Coalition's newest initiative and first-ever concerted appellate impact litigation project. From 2015-2017, Adina was an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by the Arnold & Porter Foundation at...

Common misconceptions, assumptions, and behavioral biases often prevent people from building robust and flexible retirement plans—and this is an enormous problem. If you don't know your decisions are based on false assumptions, how can you avoid making serious mistakes? Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think about Retirement!  offers a solution. Under the expert guidance of Jamie P. Hopkins, Esq.,...

Dr. Art Langer founded Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), which is a nonprofit charitable organization that helps empower young adults and military veterans through unique, innovative work-study programs. WOS works with companies to identify specific staffing needs and then trains its students to fill those roles. The goal: To provide these students with long-term career and educational opportu...

What if the real secret to greater productivity, happiness and success is a habit that is thousands of years old? Productivity has become an international obsession. We celebrate a work culture where people boast of long working hours, their extreme schedules and how little they sleep. A constant stream of emails, texts, tweets and more keeps us connected every minute and we rarely put our phones...

The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes. According to noted scientist and bestselling author of  The Conscious Universe , Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent...

Tommy Servos is a trial attorney who focuses on representing clients that were injured in car, truck and bus accidents, plant and refinery explosions, offshore accidents, and by dangerous prescription drugs. He has tried—and won—a number of cases across Texas and  recovered millions of dollars  for his clients.  Mr. Servos was born and raised in Texas, living the majority of his life in Houston. H...

Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community-wide financial education initiative that empowers families and individuals to be successful in making financial choices. The Women's Resource helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive and financially stable. In its programs, women acquire the essential financial knowledge, skills and confidence they need to make sound decisio...