Remember that commercial where everyone walking around had a big, huge, seven- or eight-digit number hovering over their head? That was their retirement number. They needed to save that much money to retire in comfort. How many saw that million dollar plus target and instantly gave up? It’s like when you first set out on
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It’s become a cliché in so many ways. It’s called “The Honeymoon Period.” As the name implies, it derives from that short phase of marital bliss that extends from the nuptial blessing through to some undefined time following the end of the couple’s honeymoon. It’s the exuberance of experiencing something fresh, something new, something exciting.
Lend a planning hand to a loved one with chronic illness. Getty If you or a loved one is living with a chronic disease, such as Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, or Alzheimer’s, your estate planning likely should reflect that challenge. Chronic illness is more common than most imagine More than 130 million Americans are living with
Talk to your financial advisor about your chronic illness. photo credit: Getty Getty If you or a loved one have a chronic illness, it’s imperative that you talk frankly about it with your financial advisers. You don’t necessarily need to hire advisers who have specific expertise in dealing with chronic illness, just advisers with sufficient
John W. Weeks Bridge, Dunster House, Havard University, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, America Getty Major universities have big endowments in the tens of billions. These funds, often a result of donations, support financial aid, teaching and improved resources for the universities. Perhaps more importantly, with billions of dollars to invest you can afford some of the
Investing to create wealth is more about maximizing your returns after fees, than minimizing your expenses. The top 3 mutual funds in my just-completed analysis are not the cheapest. Nevertheless, these funds beat their benchmarks by the widest margins for the last 10 years and are still managed by the people responsible for the fund’s track
A diagnosis of breast cancer changes your life but you can proactively improve your finances and add legal protection. Following a diagnosis of breast cancer take proactive financial and steps. photo credit: Getty Getty A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect every aspect of your life, not just health issues. It will affect finances, life
To me, understanding how a 401(k) works should be easier than reading a food ingredients label. You should know at a glance how your plan works. Yet millions of retirement savers don’t have a clue, even though a 401(k) structure is simple: It’s a group of mutual funds where your money is pooled with thousands
A $6 billion loan approved from the International Monetary Fund this week will ease Pakistan’s debt problems, for now. But it won’t stop China from turning the country into the next Sri Lanka. China has been very close to Pakistan in recent years, for a couple of reasons. One of them is that Pakistan is
Believe it or not, we now have the best window to buy dividend stocks that we’ve had in decades. Two proven 100%-return indicators just flipped to “green.” The conditions we’re about to see are rocket fuel for companies growing their dividends like weeds. As usual, we’re going to zig while like-minded money managers (you know,