Category: Finance

Thanks to the recent documentary Framing Britney Spears, conservatorships have been in the news lately. The documentary certainly paints an ugly picture of conservatorships, but they can have their place, particularly for elderly family members.

Nothing is more important than catching up on your retirement savings, so let’s take a look at 12 tips for saving for retirement at 50.

We all know how important saving for retirement is, but it’s not always easy, especially for those earning low to moderate incomes. Let’s explore this tax credit and see how it can benefit us.

We can do nothing to change what happened in 2020, but we can do things to mount a comeback. So let’s take a look at 5 steps to recover from financial disaster.

If you didn’t learn your lesson (or were too young to be impacted), by the 2008 financial crisis, 2020-2021? Pandemic-induced financial crisis probably served as a wake-up call. Whether it’s caused by another pandemic, a climate event, a war, or something we can’t even fathom yet, let’s see how to prepare for the next financial crisis before it happens.

The US economy—though not back to normal yet—is poised to potentially recover all of its lost output from last year’s recession during the first half of this year.

Does paying your mortgage off early make the most financial sense? Let’s take a look at the pros, the cons, and a brass tacks example that should clearly and with finality answer a question I get asked a lot, “Should you pay your mortgage off early?”

When we’re aware of our own investor persona and its pitfalls, we can better control our behavior and decision-making so that we can be better, more successful investors.

2021 is underway, as our nation and the rest of the world look to begin to put the global pandemic behind us. The path forward for the US economy, as well as that of the global economy, will continue to depend heavily on the success of combatting the virus.

Part of any sound investment strategy is investing for income. Income now for those who are retired and income later for those who are in the accumulation stage of life. There are various ways to address this, including real estate, annuities, and bonds among them. There is another form of income investing that you might not have considered; dividends.

I think most of us will be happy to see the back of 2020. As years go, it was a bad one. But before we send 2020 off, there are a few things we need to consider so we can set ourselves up for a better (at least financially!) 2021. Here’s hoping!