{"id":810,"date":"2008-05-08T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2008-05-08T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T13:37:00","slug":"new-blogger-on-the-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/05\/08\/new-blogger-on-the-block\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blogger on the Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From time to time, I offer a snapshot of a new blogger on the block. Here I offer a quick Q&A with PursePundit<\/a>, who started blogging in January of this year. Offline, PursePundit goes by the name of Jacki Zehner, and was the youngest woman and first female trader invited into the partnership of Goldman Sachs. She left in 2002. Now an impassioned philanthropic visionary and social change activist committed to the economic empowerment of women, Jacki is becoming a frequent media commentator on women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s success in the workplace, investing, current market events, women and wealth, and high-impact philanthropy. Here we go!<\/span><\/p>\n

DS: What made you decide to start a blog?<\/span><\/p>\n

JZ: <\/span>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been writing forever, but my work has generally been buried in my journals. Recently I read The Artist’s Way<\/span><\/a> which suggested that the way to unleash your creativity is to commit to writing every day and I am trying to do that. Most of the time what I write about is people I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve met with, or opportunities I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard about, or what is going on in the markets, so I thought, why not share it? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also very interested in writing a book, and want to get myself out there as a writer. The blog is a place to start.<\/p>\n

DS: I see you started by <\/span>blogging about the markets<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhy start there?<\/span><\/p>\n

JZ: <\/span>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on in the credit markets<\/a> is unprecedented. As an ex-mortgage trader and an investor, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been following the markets with great interest and I feel compelled to write about what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening. Given my experience, I feel I have a credible voice and want to share what I think, like I used to do with my clients.<\/p>\n

DS: Tell us something about the blog\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Purse Pundit.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

JZ: <\/span>I love the whole idea of a purse as a symbol for the economic power of women and I believe that positive change will happen when women really start to use that power. Money is a tool that we have to shape the world that we live in\u00e2\u20ac\u201dby how we invest it, by how we spend it, by how we give it away.<\/p>\n

DS:<\/span> Your tagline is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Musings on Money, Markets, and Changing the World.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Do these things really go together?<\/p>\n

JZ:<\/span> My goal with this blog is to expand the dialogue that women are engaging in about money, and inspiring them to use their money in smart and meaningful ways. Women account for more than 50% of all stock ownership in the U.S and we do most of the consumer spending. By 2010, women will account for half of the private wealth in the country, or about $14 trillion. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of power in our collective purses.<\/p>\n

After doing this Q&A with Jacki, I went and bought a new purse. For more musings from PP, visit <\/span>www.pursepundit.blogspot.com.<\/a> You can also now find Jacki blogging over at <\/span>85 Broads<\/a> and Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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