Planning for retirement should start early in life. Read this series of articles on how to prepare your finances for a comfortable retirement.
So much is written these days about people in their 40’s and 50’s caring for aging parents. People in this age group often spend a couple of decades raising kids, then go straight to caring for their elderly parents. Depending on how prepared your parent or parents are for getting older, caring for them can
A lot of time and energy is focused on the holidays at the end of the year. But it’s important to set aside some time for your finances as this is the last chance to make adjustments for 2013. As you get ready to ring in the New Year, here are a few financial matters
Happy Monday and Merry Christmas to all of our readers! Unto us a Son has been born! Rejoice! What a great way to celebrate a little baby’s birth by honoring Him at Christmas time by spending quality time with family and friends. Gosh…we all have so much to be thankful for in 2013, so be
Over the course of a normal persons 40 year career there can be a lot of choices that will have huge long term affects. However, very few of us realize that these small changes can have long term savings benefits. In my short career I’ve focused on a few of these areas to help compound
If you’re close to retirement, there are a lot of questions to ask and things to be sorted out. When thinking about the best way to financially prepare for retirement, there are some additional things to consider, such as paying off your mortgage early. If you’re considering paying down a mortgage as a way to
Earlier this year I restarted tracking my net worth with my normal boring excel document that I was using since graduating from college. In my old manual method of tracking I’d have to log onto each website, which included all my checking, savings, mortgage, credit cards, 401k, IRA, and money market accounts. Too collect all
About seven years ago I started collecting rare coins after reading Robert Kiyosaki’s recommendation to buy silver. Without knowing where to start at, I decided to buy coins that I saw my dad collect while he was growing up. During my youth, my dad always had this old black vinyl box with red satin lining that
I love watching “The Voice” and “Parenthood”, and my kids are huge fans of Peppa Pig, Jake and The Neverland Pirates, and Caillou. With almost all these shows we program our DVR to allow us to watch our shows when we want to. It’s a huge convenience factor for us. It takes just a few minutes
I get to see my tax professional this week and I can’t say I’m looking forward to it. I actually enjoyed doing my taxes as a younger fella – but things have gotten a tad more complicated with our finances. This year, I’m just looking for any tax shelter or deduction we can qualify for
About two months ago I got an unexpected “time-sensitive” letter from my former employer notifying me that they were offering me an early buyout of my pension. You see I’d left my former employer after 11.5 years of employment and had accumulated a pretty good nest egg pension. In my mind I considered this “cigarette
