by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
Although I like online retirement calculators, they can’t tell you everything. There are a handful of wild cards that could mess you up. When figuring out how much you need to retire, you need to know two basic facts: 1) How much you need based on your...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
Adulting is rough. Especially when it comes to money. Navigating your first paycheck, paying for rent and health care on your own, saving for your future — all while buried under student loans — can be overwhelming. But getting your finances in order at a...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
If you’re in your 20s or 30s and are taking the time to read this article, you’re a forward-thinker. According to the life insurance industry research group LIMRA, nearly 30 percent of millennials polled say that saving for a vacation is more important...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
Everyone should aim to have a cash reserve. We all would love to have a little extra cash on hand for emergencies. Saving up that cash can be a challenge – but with a little effort, that challenge can be met. Imagine a 30-year-old couple with no real savings. Let’s...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
Focus! Ben Franklin understood that magnification would help make images bigger. He improved on glasses of the day by splitting the lens into two parts…one for seeing more distant objects and one for seeing closer objects better. Neither single solution...
by SDP Team | Mar 8, 2017 | Financial Planning
Have you ever purchased anything on the spur of the moment (such as a dress or pair of shoes) and when you got the item home, you realized you didn’t really like or need it? Everyone wants to make smart financial decisions, but unfortunately sometimes people allow...