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Articles by Kat McCue

Kat McCue is a writer living in Astoria, NY. She now writes for an ad agency in downtown Manhattan, where she works full-time. Her work appears in various business and media publications online, as well as in literary publications across the country. She received a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Kansas.

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Tales from a Modern Girl: Emergency Fund

by Kat McCue March 21, 2011

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Tales from a Modern Girl is a GoGirl original series chronicling real-life experiences inspired by Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar’s book, On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance. You don’t have to be a cynic to acknowledge that life is unpredictable, and sometimes this can really put you in a [...]

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A Niche Personal Finance Program: Moneywise

by Kat McCue March 18, 2011

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I’ve recently been on a quest to find a money management program that can best help me stay on top of my finances, checking out such programs as Mint.com and Quicken (both are nearly identical, by the way, produced by a company called Intuit). But unlike some of the other personal finance programs I’ve used which [...]

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A Moment to Reflect upon Wage Disparity

by Kat McCue March 16, 2011

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I hope you all are well aware that it is Women’s History Month. Because I wasn’t–not until I read a New York Times article last week by Gail Collins, entitled “Girls and Boys Together.” Usually, the only way that the significance of this month shows up on my radar is when the US Post Office releases [...]

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Tales from a Modern Girl: Setting up a Retirement Fund

by Kat McCue March 2, 2011

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Tales from a Modern Girl is a GoGirl original series chronicling real-life experiences inspired by Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar’s book, On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance. It seems incongruous to me to be filling out a Roth IRA Account application form while it seems as if the ink on [...]

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Women’s Inspiration Network: A New Online Community

by Kat McCue February 13, 2011

Last Friday, I came across an article posted in ForbesWoman that anticipated the launch this week by PepsiCo of a new online community for women, a site called the Women’s Inspiration Network (WIN). The site features content of interest to the modern woman–relevant topics such as environment and sustainability, health and wellness, people and talent, as well [...]

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