What Are Fundamental Needs for Insurance?

What Are Fundamental Needs for Insurance?

Different seasons of life call for different insurance needs. Remember back when you were in your early 20s and didn’t seem to have a care in the world? Life changes quickly (in a good way!) as we age – we find that special someone, buy a home, have kids, maybe...
How Do I Payback or Refinance Student Loans?

How Do I Payback or Refinance Student Loans?

Congrats, college grad! You earned your 4-year degree doing all the right things – keeping expenses in check by attending an in-state school, buying used books, working a part-time job to pay the bills. What do you have to show for it besides your piece of paper that...
How Do I Minimize Estate Taxes?

How Do I Minimize Estate Taxes?

“The estate tax is only for the rich.” Yeah, right. What if I told you that you were rich! Many Americans are surprised when they add up their assets. Combine retirement accounts, real estate, business ownership, and other assets, and your estate tax liability could...
I Haven’t Saved for Retirement

I Haven’t Saved for Retirement

Building a retirement nest egg doesn’t happen overnight. Through habitual saving and proper investing, you slowly grow your net worth through time. Many investors are initially enamored with the concept of compounding returns – the 8th wonder of the world as Albert...
How Much Social Security Do I Get?

How Much Social Security Do I Get?

Just imagine – marching into your boss’s office and proclaiming you are done. Then promptly marching into the Social Security office and demanding your check. Ok, it doesn’t quite happen like that. But you and I work for decades, paying social security taxes year...
What is a 401(k) Match?

What is a 401(k) Match?

Earning a guaranteed 50% or 100% rate of return on your money is almost always classified in the ‘too good to be true’ category in the saving & investing world – except for one. The employer matching feature in your 401(k) account. It is free money you can snag if...