It’s not often that we think of investing for short-term goals. Too often, that money sits in a cash account, earning meager interest. A few months ago, I was in a position to make a fresh start with my life. As part of my overhaul, I also changed things up with my finances and created …
This is a guest post from my friend Gary, from BestDiscountBrokerages. Everyone has their own investment philosophy and strategy, and just because one earns you a greater return doesn?t necessarily make it right for someone else. This is because each investor has a different financial goal, tax situation, timeline, and risk tolerance. However, it never …
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My friend Emily Guy Birken wrote a great book called Choose Your retirement. Here’s my review. When we think of retirement, we often think of a set of rules of thumb to follow. Thoughts of million-dollar nest eggs rules and ideas revolving around when to shift assets from stocks to bonds are uppermost. While rules …
The only thing I can hold on to at this point is the fact that my partner in crime, Joe Saul-Sehy, is doing worse than I am in Motif’s Grow Your Dough challenge. Investing in gold is killing me right now. Anyone who knows me is aware that investing in gold is not really my …
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Normally, using debt in your finances isn’t choice #1. However, sometimes debt can be helpful — depending on how you use it and whether or not you go in with your eyes open. It’s pretty much taken as an article of faith in the world of personal finance that you get out of debt as …
Today (July 26) is ?All or Nothing? Day. You don?t have to solve your financial problems in one fell swoop, but you can stop procrastinating on your retirement savings. Now is the time to go all in and get started. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), about 50% of workers say cost of …
