by mg_user | Dec 12, 2017 | Financial Planning
The holidays are a jolly, merry time of year, although they can also be a big source of financial stress. If you face pressure to buy lots of gifts for family and friends but are living on a fixed income, the holidays can bring more anxiety than joy. The good news,...
by mg_user | Nov 7, 2017 | Financial Planning
Veteran’s Day might not get as much recognition as Thanksgiving or Christmas, but it has great meaning for the 21.8 million veterans living here in the United States. While an estimated 2.5 million veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are 7.3 million vets...
by mg_user | Oct 31, 2017 | Financial Planning
Written by guest blogger Aaron Hall, Best CompanyIf you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’ve advanced beyond your typical 9-to-5 job and you’re ready to retire. It’s going to be nice to enjoy some quiet time with your family and catch up on some golf, but are...
by mg_user | Oct 19, 2017 | Financial Planning
For many Baby Boomer women, financial literacy is as foreign as a complicated new language. According to data collected from the Pew Research Center, 41 percent of Baby Boomer women spent their youth raising children while their husbands worked outside of the home, so...
by mg_user | May 25, 2017 | Financial Planning
When it comes to retirement and money, people seem to be more anxious than ever before about how they will be able to pay for care as they age. Between rising costs of living and health care expenses and recovering from losses incurred during the 2008 economic...
by mg_user | May 2, 2017 | Financial Planning
For the majority of our lives, we wake up, commute, work for 8 hours, commute home and get ready to do it all again the following day. It’s not surprising that the relaxing days of retirement are something that many of us look forward to. And while it’s true that...