Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds…

Cyber Monday is big business. Last year, Americans spent over $1.7 billion online the Monday following Thanksgiving, an 18% increase over 2012, the fourth straight…

  Mellody is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and…

  Mellody is President of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and…

Mellody is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and separate…

If you follow me on social media via Twitter – @msmichelwright or Instagram – @getWright or on Facebook, then you are familiar with #getWright. Using that hashtag I have posted quotes, anecdotes, words of encouragement etc. It was just my way to offer a little piece of me that I hoped would inspire and uplift […]

Mellody Hobson is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and…

For iPhone:   TOM: Good Morning, Mellody. MELLODY: Good Morning, Tom!  TOM: An important topic this morning – reading the fine print. What caused you…

Mellody is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and separate…

Money can often be the cause for the demise of many marriages, so instead of dealing with things down the line, why not start things…

April Watts caught up with author and financial expert Harrine Freeman at the Congressional Black Caucus 44th Annual Legislative Conference at the Washington Convention Center.  Watch the ladies discuss Harrine’s book, How To Get Out Of Debt: Get An “A” Credit Rating For Free. Follow  @aprilwattslive on Facebook  Instagram & Twitter

I tried to drive by this powerful image and had to turn around, get out of my car and capture it. Race/racism is the biggest Jedi mind trick ever played on America. Wealth and poverty are the great equalizers in this nation; neither discriminates. All the BS in between is just a smoke screen. #getmoney […]