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The Financial Toll of Addiction

The Financial Toll of Addiction Opioid abuse threatens to wreak havoc on family finances and retirement plans. Imagine your retirement dreams put on hold or compromised, your savings and investment accounts reduced, and your loved ones uncommunicative or at odds with each other. This terrible state is reality for families ravaged by addiction. OxyContin, heroin, and other opioids can cost an addict hundreds of dollars per day. Where will an addict find the thousands of dollars needed, over time, to [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-10-19T11:13:10-04:00October 19th, 2017|Personal Finance, Savings and Investing, Well-being|Comments Off

Do Our Attitudes About Money Help or Hurt Us?

Do Our Attitudes About Money Help or Hurt Us? We may need to change them to better our financial prospects. Our relationship with money is complex & emotional. When we pay a bill, go to the mall, trade in a car for a new one, hunt for a home or apartment, or pass someone seemingly poor or rich on the street, we feel things and harbor certain perceptions. Are our attitudes about money inherited? They may have been formed [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:13-04:00January 19th, 2017|Personal Finance, Saving & Budgeting, Savings and Investing, Well-being|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

The Chapters of Retirement

The Chapters of Retirement The five phases of life after 50 & the considerations that accompany them. The journey to and through retirement occurs gradually, like successive chapters in a book. Each chapter has its own things to consider. Chapter 1 (the fifties). At this stage of life, retirement becomes less like a far-off dream and more like a forthcoming reality. You begin to think about when you can retire, and about taking the right steps to retire comfortably. By [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:16-04:00February 11th, 2016|Financial Fitness, Retirement, Well-being|Comments Off

National Save for Retirement Week

National Save for Retirement Week Are you on target to reach your retirement goals? October 18-24 is National Save for Retirement Week – a reminder of the importance of saving and investing with the goal of a comfortable future. Are Americans saving enough for tomorrow? All kinds of articles will tell you that Americans are not. Those articles may not be telling the entire story, however. Undeniably, the average IRA balance in this country is smaller than it should be. [...]

By info@northlightfinancialservices.com|2017-03-28T08:17:18-04:00October 16th, 2015|Retirement, Savings and Investing, Well-being|Comments Off