What Every Graduating Senior Needs to Know about Money
High school graduation represents a milestone for teenagers. For parents who have spent eighteen years trying to prepare their children to lead productive and successful lives, graduation is an indication that they are well on their way. Your graduating senior may be ready to leave for college or get a job, but what does she [...]
Money Management: Give Yourself a Money-Makeover Day
Most of us have an annoying list of money management tasks we never seem to get around to—from checking rates on car insurance to rolling over a 401(k) from a previous job. Instead of tackling these projects in dribs and drabs (or not at all!), why not take an entire day off and get a [...]
Investing Tips: When to Talk to a Financial Planner
A financial planner is your partner in all steps of your financial planning, offering you investing tips and advice on a variety of money topics and retirement goals. If you need any kind of financial assistance, then the time to consult with an advisor is now. It’s important that you do your homework on multiple [...]
Saving Money: Teaching Children the Value of Money
Most of us want our children to grow up to be responsible with money. Financial literacy is an important part of successful money management—if you start teaching your children basic lessons while they are young, they will have a firm financial foundation to build upon in the future. When brought up to know the value [...]
Preparing for the Worst: Evaluating Your Emergency Fund and Cash Savings
Preparing for an emergency is an important part of financial planning and of your retirement strategy. One financial or medical emergency can wipe out years of hard work and retirement planning and retirement savings without an emergency fund in place to take care of expenses. Meanwhile, keeping cash savings means that you can access what [...]
Spending Fast Can Help You Achieve Financial Health
Have you ever reached that point in a diet when you’re eating all the right things and getting regular exercise, but your weight loss plateaus anyway? Changing up the way you think about your eating habits and trying something new can jumpstart your weight loss. As we’ve talked about before, dieting techniques can be applied [...]