When people hear that someone has money, we tend to think that they have a high paying job, they were born into money, they hit the lottery, or some other method of instant windfall. Rarely do we consider that the person might have just been responsible, and saved their money. I’m a huge fan of … Read more
Financial Failure 101 If you like being apart of a large group of financially unsuccessful people, then do we have the opportunity for you! Do you have trouble with the following? Making $2,000 dollars fast Saving more than 4.9% of your income. Having more than $10,000 in retirement savings. Video: How to Make Money Fast $2,000 in … Read more
Retirement planning, if you plan on retiring, is one of those things that you just have to do. But how do you know if you’re on the right track? Do you just work and save for 30+ years and cross your fingers? Sometimes, it seems like that is the plan. Just work indefinitely until you … Read more
Is a 401k enough for retirement? I see lots of different statistics about retirement nest eggs, such as 43% of Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement. These are extremely surprising numbers, but at the same time it only confirms what we see all around us. People are unprepared for retirement, and appear to … Read more
If you like what you read, then subscribe to our feed! Today will be a more philosophical day, and a day of self-reflection. Sometimes, in our blind ambition, we find ourselves forging forward with all of our might, but don’t exactly know where we’re going. This happens often in finance when people are working, spending, … Read more
In the world of retirement investing, there is one term you should get extremely familiar with: Roth. This is especially important if you are a young person. Right now, we will focus on Roth IRAs and the less common Roth 401K. Essentially, Roth accounts are funded by after-tax money rather than pre-tax, but we will … Read more
Retire, or Work Until the End of Time Everyone’s goal, should be, and generally is to eventually retire. We’ve never met anyone who enthusiastically stated “I want to work until the day I die!” We’ve met some people who have accepted that as their only option, but even they want to retire. The problem, when … Read more
What is wealth to you? To many people wealth is a big number at the end of many years of saving and investing, and to others it is a yearly or monthly income. To us, wealth is a dollar figure that will allow a person to continue their quality of life to the end of … Read more