No one is immune from layoffs. Whether you’re 22 or 52, people often find themselves, often through no fault of theirs, out of work. So it makes sense to plan…
Precision planning is the key to any successful business, no matter its size. Planning can help alleviate workplace stress and increase productivity. Rather than plan work too far in advance,…
Regardless of what life stage you are in, you are likely to have some short and long term personal financial goals. Setting tangible and realistic goals, following them, and tracking…
Since their creation, mutual funds have been a popular investment vehicle for investors. Their simplicity along with other attributes provide great benefit to investors with limited knowledge, time or money.…
It is a new week and you’re are probably thinking about your work, targets and schedule for the week. There is so much to do in so little time. Yes,…
Managing cash flow is vital to financial success, since most of us don’t win the lottery and have a lifetime stream of income coming in automatically every January. We work…
Budgeting can provide an accurate picture of your personal finances, and it’s the perfect tool for deciding how to spend your money. But a budget is only as good as…
Preparing your children for financial success is an important part of parenting. After all, you don’t want to be stuck paying their rent for their entire adulthood because they never…
You can never really understand investing until you weather a market downturn. The valuable lessons learned can help you through the bad times and can be applied to your portfolio…
THE BACKGROUND: Despite taking math in school, majority of us never learned much about financial planning. While many can tell the base 10 logarithm of 1,000, they weren’t taught how…
There are probably hundreds and thousands of resolutions that never see the end of January, but the most common are ones that most people have failed at once or twice.…
Sometimes it helps to put on a nice suit and sit in the garden. Companies have to manage the bottom line in order to stay in business, and it’s easy…
THE BACKGROUND: Diversifi-huh? If that’s your first reaction to the word “diversification,” or you just don’t think it’s for you, don’t go running in the opposite direction quite yet. Because…
Even after going to the University and taking way more finance classes than you’d like, you may not totally be sure what all those financial terms actually mean. It’s understandable–…