Money Talks

Money Talks focuses on personal finance as it applies to Mississippians. In any given week, we’ll talk about anything from preparing your taxes to saving for college or investing in the stock market. Our experts, Dr. Nancy Lottridge-Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, portfolio manager at New Perspectives, are both Chartered Financial Analysts and Ryder also holds the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement from the CFA Institute. They join Kevin Farrell in the studio to answer your personal finance questions about family budgeting, retirement savings, Social Security, investments, debt management and more.


Money Talks airs Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. CST on MPB Think Radio and online at mpbonline.org. Email the show: money@mpbonline.org.


Need a budget? Here's one: https://consumer.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-1020-make-budget-worksheet_form.pdf

Nancy Littridge-Anderson, Ph. D., CFA

Nancy Lottridge Anderson is President of New Perspectives, Inc., which she established in 1993. Nancy obtained her Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1996 and is a former president of the CFA Society of Mississippi. She earned her doctorate in Business Administration from Mississippi State University in 2008, where she was a Chancellor’s List scholar. Nancy has written two books, Tough Talk for Tough Times and P.I.G.G.Y. Plan-It: Prudent Investors Get Going Young! Her author page on Amazon is amazon.com/author/nlanderson. ​ Nancy Lottridge Anderson CRD# 2106600

Ryder Taff, CFA CIPM

Ryder Taff joined the New Perspectives family in January 2011 after graduating the University of Bristol with a B.S. in Mathematics and Philosophy. He became a Charterholder in January 2015 and holds the Certificate of Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) Program. Ryder also wrote P.I.G.G.Y. Plan-It: Prudent Investors Get Going Young! His author page on Amazon is amazon.com/author/rydertaff. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA's BrokerCheck. Joshua Ryder Taff CRD# 6009566