Hello! and welcome to Everyday Finance and Economics with the Siglers! The podcast where we discuss what you need to know about personal finance and economics and give you practical advice on how to get started and be smart with your money.
This episode is an introduction of the two cohosts, Glenn and Christina Sigler, as well as an overview of the podcast and some topics we'll be discussing. Join us in two weeks when we start our regular programming off with a tax episode!
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Speaker 1:
Welcome to everyday finance and economics with the Sigler's the podcast where we discuss what you need to know about personal finance and economics and give you practical advice on how to get started and be smart with your money.
Speaker 2:
Well, we are your hosts, Glenn and Christina we'll start our regular programming in two weeks. But before that, we wanted to come on and introduce ourselves. So why don't you start us off, Christina?
Speaker 1:
Hi everyone. I'm Christina Sigler. Glenn is my dad. So yes, I will be referring to him as dad during the podcast. I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and now I'm a freshman at Duke university. As you can imagine, this has been a pretty weird year to start college, but I'm enjoying it so far. Uh, I'm an economics major with a finance concentration, and since I'm new to adulthood, I'm also going to be learning along with you guys about personal finances.
Speaker 2:
Hello everyone. I'm Glen Sigler. Christina's dad. I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and now reside in the Memphis area. I'm currently the VP of enterprise analytics for all SAC, the fundraising and awareness arm of St. Jude children's research hospital. I've worked both in corporate and investment finance, and also worked in business valuation over the course of my career. I have an MBA with concentrations in finance and strategy masters in data analytics, JD, and a bachelor's.
Speaker 1:
Okay, dad. So what is this podcast going to be about? What are, what are we doing here?
Speaker 2:
Well, look, we're going to start out with the basics, practical, personal finance advice for those just starting out. Our goal is to educate and make people feel more confident about their ability to manage money. First. We also need to make sure everybody knows we are not financial advice. And, and so if you need to go out and find in certain success situation, you need to go out and find professionals that will have specific information about your particular, um, financial situation. Uh, for most people they learn money management and personal financial habits within a close circle of family and friends. Most of us really take our core financial habits at, uh, at very early ages. And research indicates that for most of us, those habits are formed in the age range of seven to 10. However, uh, our financial lives can be a great deal, more complicated now than when we were very much more complicated. Yes. So what happens when the father who spends his career in finance and analytics has a daughter who chooses the major in economics? Well, the short answer for you is you get this and what you'll hear over the coming sessions are some of the discussions that we ha we're having as a family to explore and educate our listeners and ourselves on this personal finance and economics journey. We'll navigate several issues that each of us have to deal with that sometime or another. Welcome to personal finance and economics with the Sigler's.
Speaker 1:
Yes. So over the course of this podcast, we're going to go through discuss, explore, discover a wide range of personal finance and economics topics. With the main goal of providing you with both practical knowledge you can use to get and stay on the right track with your finances to secure your present. And at the same time, we want to enhance your financial literacy by introducing to you some of the terms and concepts of finance and economics to help you prepare for opportunities in your future. So every episode, we're going to go through an economic term, a little definition, and, uh, some of the economic news that's going on when we record, I just want to also say up top that this is a safe space for talking about learning about money and finance. Um, we're not gonna judge you. This is just a space for learning and education. So feel free to,
Speaker 2:
I still have, I still have to say I'm a dad. And so there's lots of judgment, but I promise I will not change.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, you can judge me. You can, you're only allowed to judge me, but you can't judge the news. Other people
Speaker 2:
I promise I'll be yes.
Speaker 1:
So we're making this a safe space for all of you. Maybe not for me, but for all of you. Uh, so some of the topics we're gonna discuss, we're starting up talk with taxes because tax season is quickly approaching budgeting savings and investing, managing debt, understanding your money habits and things that guide your daily financial life. But we're not just stopping there because our financial lives are influenced by a larger, fast paced world, full of opportunities and pitfalls. We're going to discuss many of those larger influences and what they could mean to you. And along the way, we hope to provide a different perspective on personal finance and economic forces, as we discuss and learn together some of the best ways to manage our personal finances, both old and new, and just provide a space to talk about money. Because a lot of people, a lot of people don't have that after they just, it like seven to 10, like you said,
Speaker 2:
Right? Yeah. But, and that drives a lot anxiety for folks. And again, we're trying to arm you with the tools to go out and handle your personal financial,
Speaker 1:
As they say, knowledge is power. All right. So that pretty much wraps it up for today. We just wanted to hop on it, introduce ourselves. Um, if you have any questions at all, or a topic that you think we should cover, you can email us@efespodcastatgmail.com and follow us on Instagram and Twitter at EFS podcast for both. Uh, don't be afraid to reach out because we want to be as helpful as possible.
Speaker 2:
And with that, I look forward to speaking to you all soon. Take care, everybody. Thank you for listening.