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When we look at the housing bubble and resulting correction, it’s understandable why so many people want to see a turnaround in prices. Most of the time, they want to believe the best case scenario; that is the human nature in all of us. But a lot of the time human nature [...]
ShareOne of the best stories I hear is of the single mom who manages to amass $1,000,000 by the time she retires. What makes these stories even better is when you realize that they did it on a salary that never exceeded $55,000 per year. Here is one such woman, Sherelle Derico, who is [...]
ShareWe have spent the last few weeks talking about the importance of insurance. Insurance is one of the most important but least popular things to talk about when it comes to personal finance. Why? Because we typically only use insurance when we’re sick, after a car accident, something has been stolen from us, or mother [...]
ShareA 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 [...]
ShareA 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 [...]
ShareIt’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 year [...]
ShareI’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 say [...]
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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 only manage to get to a very [...]
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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 [...]
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As you know this month we are talking about the different types of insurance you need. One of the last types of insurance we’re going to discuss is disability insurance. The main thing disability insurance protects is your income and your assets.
Do you take it for granted that you are [...]
