Retirement Planning

Retirement Planning: What You Can Do To Retire In Good Financial Shape

Personal Finance

Today I’m featuring a guest post about retirement planning.  Stay tuned next week for some great updates including a new Friday Book Club and the continuation of my Investing for Beginners series. Where do you want to be when you retire? Will you be on an island in the Bahamas? Working in a different field? [...]

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Keep Investing In Your 401k Plan

Investing

Here’s a question for you: If you put $5,000 dollars into your 401k plan this year and your employer also puts $5,000 into your 401k plan and over the course of a year your investments lose 40% of their value… assuming all of this, how much would you have lost? The answer may surprise you.  [...]

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Time For A Financial Checkup

Personal Finance

It’s midway through the year.  How have you done with the financial goals you set for yourself in January?  If you never set any that’s ok.  It’s never too late to start.  It’s a good time to check your finances and make any necessary adjustments to keep yourself on the right track to financial independence.  [...]

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