If opening your credit card bills, your checkbook or your wallet are traumatic events, you may have a problem with overspending. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and you're certainly not alone, but there's a good chance that it keeps you from achieving some of your goals. If you have...
Though everybody wants their money to grow, few people understand the best way to make that happen. It’s all about where you choose to put your money and the rate of growth you’re able to achieve over a period of time. When trying to figure out how compound interest works,...
If opening your credit card bills, your checkbook or your wallet are traumatic events, you may have a problem with overspending. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and you're certainly not alone, but there's a good chance that it keeps you from achieving some of your goals. If you have...
If there’s anything we all learned from 2020, it’s that things can change in a heartbeat and that the unexpected can create real havoc. Though there’s nothing you can do to stop fate’s freight trains from barreling down the tracks, there are steps you can take to minimize the stress...
We’ve all heard the term “the rich get richer.” According to a report released from ProPublica, it turns out that one of the ways that truism is perpetuated is through the strategic use of tax-sheltered Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The good...
It will be many years before we have a full understanding of what COVID-19 cost us as a society. As that information is incrementally collected and released, we’re starting to see the picture take shape. One of the most recent reports on the subject was issued by the Federal Trade...
Not to overstate the obvious, but the last 18 months have seen major modifications in how most Americans spent their money. Without the ability to visit department stores, malls, and big-box stores, retail therapy was significantly curtailed. Spending on travel, entertainment, restaurants, and bars all plummeted. Despite consumers splurging on...
