Articles by Rand Spero, CFP®, MBA, Ed.M.

Rand Spero, CFP®, MBA, Ed.M. is a founding advisory council member for The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and president of Street Smart Financial, a fee-only financial firm that works with individuals and families on their long-term planning and investing needs. He believes that career and lifestyle values must be incorporated into any meaningful financial plan, and has been an organizational consultant for firms such as Novartis, John Hancock and Time Warner. He teaches courses on personal financial matters at the Tufts University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Rand has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports Money Adviser and Smart Money. He is a trustee of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Money + Mental Health: Supporting Young Adult Children, With Limits – Shrinking It Down

October 9, 2019

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Money + Mental Health: Supporting Young Adult Children, With Limits – Shrinking It Down

  If you’re a parent, you’ve likely spent time thinking about your child’s future after age 18. Whether it’s going to college, finding a job, finding an apartment – taking that first step towards independence is ultimately tied to…money! Where that money should come from is a complicated issue, and it’s not the same issue […]

Adult Children Moving Back Home: The Boomerang Generation and the New Normal

September 23, 2013

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Adult Children Moving Back Home: The Boomerang Generation and the New Normal

Intro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. Outro music performed by Dr. Gene Beresin. In the past when children went off to college or left home, parents needed to adjust to living as “empty nesters.”  The expectation was that this was the way life would continue.  But in a major economic and social […]