In All Crises, There Exist Winners and Losers While the COVID-19 virus brought the world to a grinding halt in early 2020, countries, companies and families around the […]
Planning to the Finish Line Personal financial planning and running have a lot in common. To be successful at both, one definitely needs a roadmap: […]
Fixed Annuities Are Garnering Much Attention If you’re like many investors these days, you may have some cash sitting in the bank hardly earning any interest. […]
Managing a shared budget, part 2 In our previous lesson on Kids and Money, we shared ideas on introducing your kids to the concept of a […]
Navigate financially through the pandemic Over the past few months we’ve seen many hardships caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Furloughs, record unemployment, businesses not being […]
Managing a shared budget In our last two lessons on financial life skills (Relational Budgeting for Kids and Communication Skills for Kids) we used […]
How to Lower Expenses and Prepare for Economic Uncertainty Holy pandemic, Batman. If the past several weeks have made you consider becoming a doomsday prepper, read on. I have […]
Lesson #29: Choosing “Wanting” Over “Owing” Part 2 In our last lesson on Kids & Money, we took a bit of a different perspective — discussing the concept […]
How to avoid unhealthy “lifestyle inflation” As a lot of new college graduates enter the job market, most tend to experience a frugal lifestyle. (Think ramen […]
Lesson #28: Choosing “wanting” over “owing” The old clichés hold true time and time again: there’s nothing out there that’s truly free, and “you can’t always […]
Lesson 27: A “fast forward” example to show budgeting benefits In last month’s blog, we covered one of the most important financial life lessons your child can learn: how […]
Lesson #26: Teach your Kids to Keep a Budget Today, we’re going to continue last week’s exercise of starting (and keeping!) a budget. Keeping a budget is THE most […]