Financial Fitness - North Light Financial Services

Why Are We Saving More and Spending Less?

Why Are We Saving More and Spending Less? Have our memories of the Great Recession altered our habits? Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity in the United States. Lately, that spending has moderated. Across the 12 month sending in March, personal spending advanced 3.4%. That matched the gain seen in 2015.1,2 Is a 3.4% annualized gain in personal spending adequate? Not in historical terms. During 2014, consumer spending accelerated 4.2%. The average monthly gain in consumer [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:15-04:00June 9th, 2016|Financial Fitness, Saving & Budgeting, Savings and Investing|Comments Off

How Millennials Can Get a Good Start on Retirement Planning

How Millennials Can Get a Good Start on Retirement Planning Some simple steps may make a major financial difference over time. If you are younger than 35, saving for retirement may not feel like a priority. After all, retirement may be 30 years away; if your employer does not sponsor a retirement plan, there may be less incentive for you to start. Even so, you must save and invest for retirement as soon as you can. Time is your greatest [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:15-04:00May 26th, 2016|401(k)/403(b), Financial Fitness, Savings and Investing|Comments Off

Tell Your Beneficiaries About Your Accounts and Policies

Tell Your Beneficiaries About Your Accounts and Policies Let them know how they will receive retirement assets and insurance benefits. Will your heirs receive a fair share of your wealth? Will your invested assets go where you want them to when you die? If you have a proper will or estate plan in place, you will likely answer “yes” to both of those questions. The beneficiary forms you filled out years ago for your IRA, your workplace retirement plan, and [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:15-04:00May 12th, 2016|Estate Planning, Financial Fitness, Personal Finance|Comments Off

Money Concerns for Those Remarrying

Money Concerns for Those Remarrying What financial factors deserve attention? Some of us will marry again in retirement. How many of us will thoroughly understand the financial implications that may come with tying the knot later in life? Many baby boomers and seniors will consider financial factors as they enter into marriage, but that consideration may be all [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:16-04:00March 30th, 2016|Financial Fitness, Personal Finance, Remarrying, Retirement|Comments Off

Financial Planning with Health Insurance in Mind

Financial Planning with Health Insurance in Mind How much might health care cost you someday? “Financially speaking, what would be the worst thing that could happen to you?” If you ask a hundred people in their forties that question, you may get a dozen different answers. Some may say “my business going under” or “losing my house.” Some might say “a divorce,” “a lawsuit,” or “being laid off.” But how many would say “a severe illness?” A catastrophic illness seems [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:16-04:00March 17th, 2016|Financial Fitness, Health Insurance, Retirement, Well-being|Comments Off