FINANCIAL LEARNING
Managing Money Successfully as a Couple
Managing your own money can be hard enough, so throwing another person into the equation can make things downright chaotic, according to findings...
Free Online Tools to Calculate Your Social Security Benefits
These free tools will calculate your Social Security benefits When to claim Social Security is one of the most important decisions retirees can...
Should Your Home Be Placed Inside a Living Trust?
Why Should I Put My Home in a Living Trust? Life is short. And while no one wants to focus on the end, forcing yourself to do so can ultimately...
5 Financial Leadership Lessons for SBOs
Running a company is a constant source of new challenges. This is true regardless of how successful your company appears from the outside. It was...
Discover The 403b
This retirement plan allows teachers & employees of non-profits to invest for their futures. Does your spouse contribute to a 401(k)? You are...
How To Deal With Stress: Tips For Small Business Owners
“As much as you want to have everything work perfect in your organization, it’s probably not going to work perfect,” says Jim Sever President/CEO of...
Retirement Planning for Single Parents
It is a challenge – and it must be met. How does a single parent plan for retirement? Diligently. Regularly. Rigorously. Here are some steps that...
Reality Check: The Numbers
One million seconds is equal to how many days? 11.574 DAYS One billion seconds is equal to how many days? 11,574 DAYS or 31.71 YEARS One trillion...
Life Insurance Tip 34
In a two-parent household, both parents should have life insurance coverage, even if one of them does not work. If one spouse dies the money from...
A Portrait of Gen X Retirement Saving
Is this age group preparing adequately for the future? How would you guess Gen X is faring when it comes to retirement saving? Americans born...
Partnership Plans For Long-Term Care Insurance
Many states are assisting their residents to buy LTC insurance. A helping hand for a pressing need. With the baby boom generation maturing, numerous...
The Fiduciary Standard
What designations let you know that a financial professional will abide by it? The Department of Labor is introducing an important new rule...
Women’s Health Care Tab in Retirement: $79,000 More Than Men’s
The problem: Fewer financial resources to pay for it. A healthy 55-year-old woman on average will pay $79,000 more for health care over her...
12 Expert Financial Planning Tips For 2017
Many people will not achieve their financial goals in 2017 or even get started, leaving their future financial security up in the air. So decided to...
Is Starting Social Security Early the Best Way to Get the Most?
There are many software packages that will show different income scenarios from Social Security. One of the most popular scenarios is, “Which will...
Devious new scam has scammed grandparents out of thousands
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (WPIX) — Roger, 80, invited PIX11 into the home he's lived in since 1959 and proudly showed us pictures of his seven...
Financial Planning Software
Through Slate, Disharoon, Parrish and Associates you can have access to a complex software that makes tracking your finances simple. Review your...
Estate Planning Tip: Creditor Protection for IRAs & Beneficiaries
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are great tax-deferred savings vehicles, but tax deferral isn’t the only benefit IRAs offer. One potential...
Value of Fee-Based Advisor
Why are more and more financial advisors fee-based? It comes down to philosophy. Advisors are increasingly choosing a business model that promotes a...
Your Annual Financial To-Do List
Things you can do before & for 2017 What financial, business, or life priorities do you need to address for 2017? Now is a good time to think...
The Market in a Minute
2016 has been a turbulent year filled with one surprise after another. The latest surprise took the form of Donald Trump’s stunning upset win in the...
Why Would I Withdraw Early from my 401K Using an In-Service Withdrawal?
If you are 59½ there are several reasons to consider an in-service withdraw, and a few reasons to avoid it. A few reasons to possibly consider using...
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Retirees Should Have Spending Plans
Without such strategies, they can risk going through their savings too fast. Every day, articles appear urging people to save for retirement. These...
Good Retirement Savings Habits Before Age 40
Some early financial behaviors that may promote a comfortable future. You know you should start saving for retirement before you turn 40. What can...
Mind Over Money
Emotion often drives our financial decisions, even when logic should. When we go to the grocery store, we seldom shop on logic alone. We may not...
Money Habits That May Help You Become Wealthier
Financially speaking, what do some households do right? Why do some households tread water financially while others make progress? Does it come down...
I’ve Been Laid Off: What’s My Plan?
Getting notice that you’re being laid off for any reason is never a comfortable thing. Some can take comfort if they “saw it coming” or were in the...
How Can You Make Your Retirement Money Last?
These spending and investing precepts may encourage its longevity. All retirees want their money to last a lifetime. There is no guarantee it will,...
Weigh the many options with long-term care insurance
It's important to understand all your options when it comes to buying long-term care insurance. With so many alternative plans being offered today,...