Personal Finance

Eight Mistakes That Can Upend Your Retirement

Eight Mistakes That Can Upend Your Retirement Avoid these situations, if you can.  Pursuing your retirement dreams is challenging enough without making some common, and very avoidable, mistakes. Here are eight big mistakes to steer clear of, if possible. No Strategy. Yes, the biggest mistake is having no strategy at all. Without a strategy, you may have no goals, leaving you no way of knowing how you’ll get there – and if you’ve even arrived. Creating a strategy may increase [...]

By |2019-08-09T09:51:07-04:00July 25th, 2019|Personal Finance, Retirement|Comments Off on Eight Mistakes That Can Upend Your Retirement

The Cost of Procrastination

The Cost of Procrastination Don't let procrastination keep you from pursuing your financial goals. Some of us share a common experience. You’re driving along when a police cruiser pulls up behind you with its lights flashing. You pull over, the officer gets out, and your heart drops. “Are you aware the registration on your car has expired?” You’d been meaning to take care of it for some time. For weeks, you had told yourself that you’d go to renew your [...]

By |2019-07-19T11:11:46-04:00July 11th, 2019|Personal Finance, Savings and Investing|Comments Off on The Cost of Procrastination

Taking Charge of Your Financial Life

Taking Charge of Your Financial Life Delegating responsibilities to others may lead to problems down the road.  When you are putting together a household, it isn’t unusual to delegate responsibilities. One spouse or partner may take on the laundry, while another takes on the shopping. You might also decide which one of you vacuums and which one of you dusts. This is a perfectly fine way to divvy up household tasks and chores. One household task it’s valuable for both [...]

By |2019-06-24T11:45:30-04:00June 24th, 2019|Financial Fitness, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Taking Charge of Your Financial Life

Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security

Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security When to start? Should I continue to work? How can I maximize my benefit?   Social Security will be a critical component of your financial strategy in retirement, so before you begin taking it, you should consider three important questions. The answers may affect whether you make the most of this retirement income source. When to Start? The Social Security Administration gives citizens a choice on when they decide to start [...]

By |2019-06-24T11:33:37-04:00June 6th, 2019|Personal Finance, Social Sercurity Planning|Comments Off on Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security

Bad Money Habits to Break

Bad Money Habits to Break Behaviors worth changing. Do bad money habits constrain your financial progress? Many people fall into the same financial behavior patterns, year after year. If you sometimes succumb to these financial tendencies, now is as good a time as any to alter your behavior. #1: Lending money to family & friends. You may know someone who has lent a few thousand to a sister or brother, a few hundred to an old buddy, and so on. [...]

By |2019-04-04T10:05:11-04:00March 28th, 2019|Personal Finance, Saving & Budgeting|Comments Off on Bad Money Habits to Break
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