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 [...]
Sometimes, it seems as though personal finance advice is all about what you should have done. But we’re all able to easily identify the mistakes we’ve made in the past. The important advice is what you should do to correct those old mistakes. Shoulda coulda woulda is singularly unhelpful in those situations. This is particularly [...]
We cannot change the cards we were dealt, but we can certainly increase our chances of success by changing how we play the hand. Tweaking our outlook can dramatically improve our life. There’s no doubt about it. In fact, there are plenty of tricks we can employ to improve our finances by adjusting how we [...]
This is Veoletta’s story on how she was able to retire early. She will be sharing her financial tips from time to time on MoneyNing. I began planning for retirement when I was 24. I knew I would never have a job that provided a pension or medical benefits so I bought a three unit [...]
