Financial literacy workshop series helps college students master saving and control spending. Published in Wire Tap Magazine. (This story originally appeared on Black College Wire ) When he was 18, John Hope Bryant spent six months homeless. He lived in his car until he could find another place to l...

"Once this agreement is made,  (Step 1) the defendant funds a stream of payments to the plaintiff, according to specific needs. In most cases,  (Step 2) the defendant then transfers the responsibility to a "qualified assignment," which (Step 3) funds the damage payments with an annuity".  FAQ onÂ...

Doing his job to "help elevate the profession" a New York based settlement planner having been duly sworn and deposed recently said:  " A traditional structured settlement is the only mechanism that prevents a minor from cashing in on the entire settlement upon reaching age of majority " according ...

...We can learn from our mistakes (SA Link) Preface: Welcome to Sunday Koa K�kou. Sunday is the day I answer questions you send to me. If you have a question connected to management and leadership, leave a comment here, or email me.  From the Say “Alaka‘i� mailbox: I’m ready to put all my ...

Page Six Magazine refers to 2008 as "a Year of Flabbergasting Financial Criminality" A historical swindler's gallery that includes Bernard Madoff, Marcus Schrenker,Arthur Nadel,Richard S. Piccoli and Gen-See Corporation,Norman Hsu, Lou Pearlman a/k/a "Big Poppa",Charles Ponzi,William Miller a/k/a "5...

Certified Structured Settlement Consultant is a professional designation offered by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association to its members through the Executive program at the University of Notre Dame since 1994. It DOES NOT involve matriculation at the University of Notre Dame. The pr...

Factoring heavyweight Rhonda Bentzen continues an obsession with this author with "The List" published January 6, 2009 It is evident that Ms. Bentzen has not taken the time to read the FAQ about the Structured Settlement Transparency initiative, because if she did it would be crystal clear that it ...

In 1999 The Hartford produced some point of sales pieces for appointed structured settlement annuity brokers to use to compete with alternatives to structured annuities such as bank trusts, CDs, variable annuities and US Treasuries.  The passage of time has rendered some of the key points of these...

The following is amended text from a letter I recently sent to a pre-imminent leader on the global stage, about "what I believe comes next." It is now an open letter to you, the pre-imminent leader in your own life. By John Hope Bryant These days people feel, rightly so, increasingly burned by what ...

Dear friends of HOPE,   "How did we get here," you might be asking yourself about right now. Well, it is a rather simple explanation. Here it goes.   "If you are financially illiterate, and you didn't understand the language of money, then in good times 'no problem;' the prosperity will paper ove...