The National Retail Federation’s Halloween Consumer Spending survey is out, and it is showing that more people than ever will be celebrating Halloween this year. Spending per person on costumes, decorations and candy is...
Teaching the next generation to successfully handle money and personal finances is normally a family responsibility. Although parents bear much of the burden to teach, train and model good personal finance, extended family members...
Although interest rates on loans are low these days, the approval process to get the loan can be interesting. Credit card rates are as high as ever and lets not even talk about student...
In this presidential election year, there is enormous focus on adding jobs to the economy. Many of those jobs come via new businesses – start up companies. Pretty much all of these start up...
Are you planning for and dreaming of an early retirement (or any retirement at all)? How do you picture it – what will your day be like? Do you picture lazy days, sleeping late,...
There is a very old saying, “Hindsight is 20/20” which means that after events have happened, you have a clearer vision of them than before or while they occur. If you are consciously seeking...
If you have family meetings between the various generations and family units every year, you may find that family members lose interest in those meetings over time. We’ve had meetings for the past four...
Assuming you have set up a will and maybe a trust here are 5 other essential things to do NOW to help your executor or successor trustee deal with your instructions and your family’s...
Have you ever wished that schools in the US would provide more in the way of personal finance education? Some school districts do require financial literacy classes, but they typically don’t occur until high...
The American Dream – if you work hard you can do well. We want our children to have better lives than we do. Yet we still leave personal finance education pretty much up to...
