When is the last time you went out to a restaurant with a group of friends or colleagues, and everyone at the table pulled out cash to settle their part of the bill? If you are like most people, you’d be hard-pressed to answer that question. (And if you’re under 30, the answer might be,…
Saving for retirement can be one of those things that is simple, but not easy. If you are like most people, you probably spend a lot of time and energy worrying about getting the money into your retirement accounts in the first place and haven’t considered how you’ll get it out. In practice, adequately funding…
Maybe you are the person who eagerly devours benefit booklets and paperwork first thing when you get a new job. Or perhaps you’ve been at your office for 10+ years and you just realized that you should probably start saving for retirement. Regardless, at some point, you are likely to be faced with the task…
When it comes to personal finance, we all do things a little differently. After a few years, our money habits can become more like money rules, and staying open-minded to new ways of handling our finances can be tough. Even the more flexible among us can still struggle with financial changes. Still, though managing personal…
You work hard. In fact, you have been working hard your entire career, and it is just about time to call it quits for good. Ah, retirement. You may even be one of the lucky few with an employer who offered a pension. Now it’s time to just sit back and collect monthly payments for…
It is often said that buying a house is the largest purchase you will make in your life. If you’re not careful, though, that house can also create one of the largest tax bills you will pay in your life. There are usually a million things going through your head when you buy a house:…
In our society, certain professions enjoy a general perception of affluence (if not the reality). After all, who hasn’t heard the well-meaning parent urging their child to become a doctor or lawyer, so they can live a rich life and enjoy success? Why is it that lawyers are considered to be one of the wealthier…