How you feel about money says a lot about you
By Michelle Archer, Special for USA TODAY
If cold, hard cash has a soft and fuzzy side, longtime financial adviser Susan McCarthy aims to expose it in her new book, The Value of Money.
Money and emotion inevitably go hand in hand, McCarthy says, despite the commonly held view that we shouldn't let our feelings interfere when it comes to financial decision making... Read the complete article

The Truth About Money. How we all invest a little of ourselves in our finances. Read the article
Money Quiz. What’s Your Money Type? Our emotional relationship to money shows itself, not only in our financial decisions, but also in our attitudes, beliefs and actions. That’s why it’s important to know which money type you are. In my work, I’ve identified seven types that each relate to money differently. Click here to take the quiz.


Susan McCarthy is an author, speaker and financial advisor. With over 22 years of experience and recently named by Barron's as one of the "Top 100 Women Financial Advisors" in the United States, she knows that the world of money is a world of emotion. It's a stage on which we play out all of our dramas. The lessons money has to teach us go well beyond the financial. They reach deep into our emotional and even our spiritual lives.


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