401(k) Fees: Critical Turning Point This November
November often acts as a transition into many things: the holiday season, end of the year preparations, and winter’s arrival. This November signaled another transition for employees with a 401(k) […]
The Road to Retirement: “Are We There Yet?”
Many people preparing for retirement feel like a kid on a road trip. “Are we there yet?” It’s the common feeling of anyone aiming for a destination. Unfortunately, for many […]
Investment Behaviors Smart Investors Avoid
If you have an eye toward increasing your net worth, you’re most likely an investor. Sure, you may not be the next Warren Buffet, but you understand that putting at […]
5 Steps to Cutting the Financial Umbilical Cord
One of the biggest impediments standing in the way of retirement for today’s baby boomers is their children. Everyone knows that the cost of raising a kid is high, but what’s […]
The Why, When and How of Consolidating Your Retirement Accounts
Consolidate: to combine separate items or scattered material into a single whole or mass. The definition makes consolidation seem tidy, productive and even a bit powerful. With all those good […]
Eating the Estate Planning Elephant One Bite at a Time – Part II
You may have been trying to avoid your own proverbial estate planning elephant for some time now, but if the first part of this article attempted to prove anything, it’s […]
How to Take Advantage of Your 401(k)
So, you’ve been saving for retirement for years, perhaps spending your entire career penny-pinching and saving every morsel you can, hoping to live out your later years in a stress-free, […]
Baby Boomers and the Growing Risk of Retirement Affordability
After reviewing the statistics from a recent poll by the Associated Press and LifeGoesStrong.com, it’s clear that baby boomers are beginning to realize the growing risk of retirement affordability. Nearly […]
5 Things To Know About Your Parents’ Financial Future
Parents spend their entire lives planning for their children’s future but, as goes the circle of life, there comes a point when that responsibility starts to shift. As their parents […]
How to Prevent Outliving Your Retirement Savings
It’s what every retirement planner speculates; it’s what every pre-retiree dreads; it’s every retiree’s nightmare: “will I outlive my retirement savings”? This question sits on the minds of each and every […]