Michelle Singletary

Nationally syndicated personal finance columnistWashington, D.C.

The latest from Michelle

The Labor Department pushes a plan for a guide to clarify fees so that employers can better inform their employees.

  • Mar 11, 2014

Set your sights on a better future — by taking a look at your jam-packed schedule today.

  • Mar 7, 2014

Post columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answers your questions.

  • Mar 6, 2014

Daughter, 18, asked a court to make her parents pay private school tuition and hand over her college fund.

  • Mar 6, 2014

Readers ask about secure credit cards, refinancing a home and owning a dog.

  • Mar 4, 2014

The volatile investment is too risky for most investors.

  • Feb 28, 2014

Post columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answers your questions.

  • Feb 27, 2014

Credit Suisse is accused of helping wealthy Americans hide billions in taxable income from Uncle Sam.

  • Feb 27, 2014

On March 5, personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary leads a discussion on how to set up and stick to a budget.

  • Feb 26, 2014

Every year, the Internal Revenue Service puts out its top 12 tax scams. Identity theft leads the list.

  • Feb 25, 2014

Getting rid of your smallest balances first can give you momentum.

  • Feb 22, 2014

Post columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answers your questions.

  • Feb 20, 2014

Some in Congress are trying to make the tax code even more complicated — and favor an elite group of victors.

  • Feb 20, 2014

As the horrors of the Great Recession fade, it becomes easier for Americans to make bad financial decisions.

  • Feb 18, 2014

Study finds a growing income gap between those with degrees and high-school grads.

  • Feb 14, 2014

Post columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answers your questions.

  • Feb 13, 2014

To hear the retailers tell it, the love is sweeter when you present your sweetie some bling, flowers and/or candy.

  • Feb 13, 2014

It may make it easier to cancel the wedding if you find you’re not a match when it comes to money matters.

  • Feb 11, 2014

The new kind of retirement savings account encourages small contributions — and returns.

  • Feb 8, 2014

Post columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answers your questions.

  • Feb 6, 2014
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About Michelle

Michelle Singletary writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column, “The Color of Money,” which appears in The Post on Wednesday and Sunday. Her award-winning column is syndicated by The Washington Post Writer’s Group and is carried in more than 100 newspapers. In 2010, she released her third personal finance book, “The Power To Prosper: 21 Days to Financial Freedom.” She has been a personal finance contributor for MSNBC, NPR and ABC’s daily talk show, “The Revolution.” For two seasons she hosted “Singletary Says” on TV One. In her spare time, Singletary is the director of a ministry she founded at her church, in which women and men volunteer to mentor others who are having financial challenges. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park. She has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a master’s degree in business and management.

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