Your Tax-Smart Checklist
No matter your age, you may benefit from a tax-smart checklist that seeks to maximize your tax-savings potential. Learn at least 4 tax-advantaged tips for…
Savings Advice I’d Give To My 20-Something-Year-Old-Self
Experiencing financial freedom after graduating from college is liberating but what you do with that first paycheck will pave the way for your financial future….
Think Twice Before Banking on an Athletic Scholarship
Many young athletes dream of one day playing their sport at the college level. However, it is very difficult to make an NCAA team, and…
Three Little Numbers That Can Change Your Life
It’s important to understand what a credit score is and how those three little numbers play a surprisingly major role in the direction your life…
Are you Self-Employed? What to Know about Tax Time
If you’ve made or are making a transition to self-employment, in essence, you have become your own Human Resources and Payroll Department. Those notes on…
What You Need To Know When Buying a House
Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you can make, and it’s a process that can make you feel very insecure. Am…
It’s Tax Season – Time To Get Tax Smart
There are a number of ways throughout the year that you can reduce your tax burden while pursuing long-term financial goals like retirement, a college…
The Psychology Behind Saving for Retirement
For over thirty years, the retirement savings landscape has shifted from company-financed pension plans to employee-financed retirement plans. The unintended consequence of transferring responsibility to…
The Power of Saving for Retirement in Your Early 20s
Young, new employees often think about the idea of saving for retirement long before they actually do anything about it, often missing out on some…
Easing the Pain of Student Debt
These days, with college costs rising faster than inflation, you could be looking at student debt of $10,000, $25,000, $50,000 or more. Although it was…
Consolidating Your 401(k) Accounts
Considering the fact that “college-educated Baby Boomers on average held about 12 jobs from the ages of 18 to 48” (Bureau of Labor Statistics), odds…
10 Ways to Make the Most of Your Money
Making the most of your money isn’t about what you spend—it’s what you save, as more savings allows you to have more choices over your…
Take Charge of Your Financial Story
Sometimes when we read the latest gender-specific statistics, such as women make less than men or more elderly females live in poverty compared to men,…
Disability Insurance: Why You Need to Insure Your Income
You have insurance for your health, your home, and your car. But, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t have insurance to protect your…
Words to Live By: Start Saving Now
When it comes to saving for your future, you really can’t afford to wait. By the time you get around to signing up for your…
Why Your 401(k) Matters More Than You Think
To augment your Social Security benefits during retirement, there is no getting around saving aggressively throughout your working years. That’s where your 401(k) comes into…
Financial Health is Achievable…Step by Step
With everything going on in our lives, financial health is often the last thing any of us think about. Often, we are consumed with immediate…
The Role of Our Biases in Investing
Every day we make thousands of decisions. Some big, others small. Some decisions we are consciously aware of—while others we make instinctively and automatically, often…
What Your Homeowners Insurance Might Not Cover
As a homeowner, you should carefully examine your homeowners property insurance policy. You may be surprised to see what your insurance covers and what it…
Pay Yourself First
Reaching long-term goals like saving for retirement, establishing an emergency fund or buying a house can seem daunting when you’re looking at your monthly budget….
