Don’t Put These Things on Your Credit Card
With the economy slowly but surely recovering many Americans are pressed to put more and more expenses on credit cards...
5 Basic Tips for Creating a Solid Retirement Plan
You know what the picture is supposed to look like: You spend your whole life on the job, working toward…
5 Steps You Can Take Now to Improve Your Retirement Income
If you’re a working American born anytime between 1946 and 1991, the research, analysis and more importantly, the five straightforward…
Realistic Retirement: Leveraging expectations with reality
Our culture builds a certain degree of optimism around the concept of retirement—people always “can’t wait until they can retire”…
Eating the Estate Planning Elephant… One Bite at a Time, Part II
You may have been cohabitating with your proverbial estate planning elephant for some time now, but if the first part…
Eating the Estate Planning Elephant… One Bite at a Time, Part I
No one wants to look at it, no one even wants to think about it, yet there it looms —…
The Financial Literacy Crisis
Many Americans are operating their personal finances with only the barest minimum of knowledge. Imagine driving a car without a…
Borrowing From Your 401(k): A Financial Sin
When we put money into our retirement accounts we do so for a specific purpose: retirement. All the money you…
Mortgages in Retirement
Anyone who has gone through the process of mapping out their retirement knows there can be a lot to keep…
Should You Put Your Kids’ Education ahead of Your Retirement?
If you’re like most parents, you want nothing more than to provide your children with a college education. Some have…
Raising Healthy Children
Healthy habits are one of the greatest gifts to give your child. It is hard to underestimate the power parents…