My husband and I met with our financial advisor last week to tweak some of our retirement savings. As an aside, our advisor mentioned it was unlikely that our generation — all three of us are currently in our mid-thirties — will retire at 65. Instead, he believed we will probably work until we’re 70. [...]
Those of us steeped in the personal finance blogosphere find it incredible to think that there are those who have no knowledge of the Roth IRA. However, it is true that at one time I had no idea what the Roth IRA was — and I was probably about the same age as the college [...]
You’ve heard the horror stories, and I bet you’ve even seen them for yourself. I’m talking about the grandparents and their friends who struggle with their bills and try to make ends meet during a time in their lives when they should be happy. You think to yourself that it’s not the life you want [...]
As you figure your taxes this year, you might be looking at the result and thinking that it would be nice if you could deduct just a little bit more from your income. Even though a tax deduction isn’t as valuable as a tax credit, it can still help you by lowering your tax liability and [...]
One of the problems I have with goal setting is that I often set too many goals. Indeed, I’ll make a whole list of goals I want to accomplish — only to have most of them fall to the wayside. That’s the problem with setting too many goals. Many of us can’t do that many [...]
The second you finish reading the title, you are probably thinking “Of course YES. What a stupid question.” But I urge you to think about it a little longer and stay with me by reading on. An gigantic number of MoneyNing readers have the dream of early retirement (myself included!). We want to pursue our [...]
