Sign up for our newsletters! Money road sign If you feel like
you don't know where to start with taking control of your
finances, let Jean Chatzky walk you through some easy
strategies.  Your Excuse: "I Don't Know Where to Start"   Why
You Feel That Way Here, in a nutshell, is how women make nearly
every large, important decision: We do our homework, using the
resources at our fingertips—the Internet, newspapers and
magazines. We tend to be consensus builders, so we gather the
opinions of the people we trust most: our mothers, sisters and
girlfriends. We take our time readying a case we could defend in
the toughest of courts and then—and only then—we pull the
trigger. Most of the time, that sort of decision-making works
just fine.  Unfortunately, in the world of money—particularly in
the world of investing—there are few right answers. Which stock
is the best one to buy? Which mutual fund will rise the fastest?
People may claim to know, but no one really does. That makes it
tough to get to the starting line, p