Monthly Archives: February 2010

Why You Should Consider the Advantages of a Health Savings Account (HSA)

A Health Savings Account or HSA is designed to reduce your overall health care costs. An HSA is a tax free savings account where you are able to deposit money to cover current and future medical expenses. As long as you spend the savings on a qualified medical expense, the money is free from federal [...]

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Invest In Yourself and a Closer Look at the Long Term

It’s been almost a year since the stock market bounced back from the March 2009 lows.  When we look at the last year of the Dow Jones, things look pretty good.  That is a classic bullish chart, moving from lower left to upper right. When we take an intermediate time horizon; lets say a 3 [...]

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Ex-Benefits Administrator Charged in $40M Embezzlement Case – Really??

I’ve got to remind you that you and I never know what we don’t know when it comes to our money.  The things that go on under the surface are often times never revealed until its too late: Madoff, Enron, etc. At times I will read things about the industry I am in and just [...]

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Working In Time Blocks – Getting Things Done

Image by wwarby via Flickr It’s 4:54 PM and before you leave the office your mind turns to the evening and the things you need to do: -Work out -Bills -Blog -Laundry -emails -add your own The mission: You have 4 or 5 hours in the evening to get things done. I will guess you [...]

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Long-term care insurance

Image via Wikipedia Its the idea of preparation: Doing now so that things are easier later. This is what retirement planning is all about. One of the things we have to look at and prepare for is old age. We don’t like to do it because we don’t want to think of ourselves as old. [...]

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