Posts in category Budgeting and Financial Planning

There are few tasks in life that Americans avoid as much as they do a household budget. According to Gallup’s economy and personal finance survey, …

It’s something many of us dream about every day: retiring from that 9-to-5 and starting a business. It might be opening up a bed and …

It’s really hard to believe. Has it really been 2½ years since I started writing this retirement column? I’ve talked to hundreds of retirement planners, …

Finances weigh heavily on many people’s minds, but more than half have never talked to a financial adviser, according to a new national poll conducted …

Debt is becoming a growing problem in retirement. But like nearly everything else in life, it’s less of a issue if you have a plan. …

Many Baby Boomers are neglecting a key part of their retirement plans — creating an estate plan. And while death is not a pleasant thing …

Financial planners often tell stories about 50-somethings who come to them for help and have saved little or nothing for their retirement. There are millions …

I never had the opportunity to get retirement advice from my dad. He died at 43, when I was only 16. He never even had …

Survey after survey has shown the same dire forecast: Americans are dangerously ill-prepared for retirement. We haven’t saved, we haven’t planned, and some of us …

For the last 20 years there has been a steadily consistent rule of thumb by America’s financial planners when it comes to retirement — the …