Setup a Save Yourself Plan

According to Suze Orman (pictured), women need to setup a "save yourself plan" that includes knowing everything there is to know about your finances, having credit cards in your own name and making sure that your financial foundations don’t have any cracks in them whatsoever.

This applies to all women, not just women entrepreneurs.

Read more here.

Side note: Interesting little article which mentions Orman but focuses on "10 membership worth the money."

Give Her Reins To Portfolio and You Both End Up Wealthier; We Suspect Suze Orman Would Agree

I applaud Jason Zweig on writing "For Mother's Day, Give Her Reins to the Portfolio" for The Wall Street Journal. Here's his strong lead and he doesn't let up throughout the commentary:

Fess up, fellows: The masters of the universe have turned out to be masters of disaster. No matter which aspect of the financial crisis you consider, there is a man behind it.

So, it is worth pointing out, this Mother's Day weekend, how different things might be if the financial world were female.

Read the entire spread here. And many thanks to Jason for having the courage to tell it like it is!

Pictured: Suze Orman who always encourages women to take control of their finances :-)!