Emily Guy Birken

Wauwatosa

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Financial expert and author Podcast host of Lightbringers and Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t Pop culture aficionado she/her Patreon: https://t.co/fS3LAa39yB

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Articles

4 maneras para detectar una estafa de inversión

5 days ago | fastcompany.mx | Emily Guy Birken

Hace poco le conté a una amiga sobre un pitch de marketing que recibí, la propuesta terminó con una venta bastante agresiva. Le dije que aún le estaba dando vueltas, ya que prometía generar clientes potenciales para mi negocio como freelancer. “¿Y cómo sabes que no es una estafa de inversión?”, me preguntó. Esa pregunta me detuvo en seco. Identifiqué que el proyecto tendría una venta agresiva desde el primer momento, de hecho, la anticipé.
Here’s how to get the automatic tax return extension if you need more time to file

2 weeks ago | devicedaily.com | Emily Guy Birken

Here’s how to get the automatic tax return extension if you need more time to file If you’re finding yourself contemplating whether you can get an extension on this year’s tax return, you’re not alone. Forty percent of Americans still haven’t filed. There’s something almost perverse about the IRS placing tax day smack-dab in the middle of the loveliest month of the year.
Esto es lo que la cultura pop me enseñó sobre inversiones

2 weeks ago | fastcompany.mx | Emily Guy Birken

Como fanático de la cultura pop desde siempre, suelo vincular mis referencias favoritas con lo que vivo día a día. Cuando compré un sillón de segunda mano hace unas semanas, mi esposo y yo pasamos 30 minutos sudando y luchando por subirlo por las escaleras. Con el sillón todavía encajado en un ángulo imposible, nos detuvimos para recuperar el aliento y le dije: “Vas a necesitar un bote más grande“.
How DOGE may wreak havoc on the Social Security system

2 weeks ago | devicedaily.com | Emily Guy Birken

How DOGE may wreak havoc on the Social Security system I’ve written before about my love for the Social Security Administration–from its origin as a response to senior poverty during the Great Depression, to its elegant design as a direct transfer from current workers to current beneficiaries, to its regular adjustments that have preserved its future.
What '80s pop culture taught me about investing

3 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Emily Guy Birken

As a lifelong pop culture aficionado, I have a tendency to connect my favorite media to whatever I'm currently doing. When I purchased a secondhand easy chair a few weeks ago, my husband and I spent a sweaty 30 minutes struggling to get it up the stairs.
Here’s what happens to your student loan if the Department of Education disappears

3 weeks ago | devicedaily.com | Emily Guy Birken

Here’s what happens to your student loan if the Department of Education disappears Continuing its adherence to the tech industry’s motto of “move fast and break things,” the current administration has recently put the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on the chopping block.
Trump’s proposed $5000 baby bonus isn’t much of a Mother’s Day present

4 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Emily Guy Birken

President Trump’s proposed baby bonus would have come in really handy at chez Guy Birken 15 years ago. Money was a bit of an issue for my family when we welcomed our first child in 2010. We’d moved to Indiana from Ohio in June of that year so my husband could take a higher paying job. I’d left my own job as a high school English teacher. Our baby was born in late August, making it impossible to find a teaching job in our new town. Our timing was impeccable that year.
Trump's proposed $5000 baby bonus isn't much of a Mother's Day present

4 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Emily Guy Birken

President Trump's proposed baby bonus would have come in really handy at chez Guy Birken 15 years ago. Money was a bit of an issue for my family when we welcomed our first child in 2010. We'd moved to Indiana from Ohio in June of that year so my husband could take a higher paying job. I'd left my own job as a high school English teacher. Our baby was born in late August, making it impossible to find a teaching job in our new town. Our timing was impeccable that year.
Are the feds about to start hounding you over your student loans?

4 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Emily Guy Birken

After a five year reprieve, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is coming for defaulted federal student loans. The ED has not collected on defaulted loans since all payments on federal student loans were paused as part of the Covid-19 emergency relief effort in 2020. Student loan payments resumed on September 1, 2023 for all 42.7 million federal student loan borrowers. The majority of borrowers resumed monthly payments at that time and have loans in good standing.
Are the feds about to start hounding you over your student loans?

4 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Emily Guy Birken

The ED has not collected on defaulted loans since all payments on federal student loans were paused as part of the Covid-19 emergency relief effort in 2020. Student loan payments resumed on September 1, 2023 for all 42.7 million federal student loan borrowers. The majority of borrowers resumed monthly payments at that time and have loans in good standing. However, some 5 million borrowers have not made a payment for more than 270 days, meaning their loans are currently in default.