It’s likely your mortgage payment may be the largest essential recurring expense in your financial house. It can be surpassed temporarily by childcare expenses with a young family. The good news is that kids grow up and childcare expenses will eventually evaporate...
I’ve written a fair bit about planning, investing, and good financial behavior for mom and dad, but what about the kids? Here’s a list of ideas to share with your kids in an effort to grow their knowledge on the topic of money and investing. Pay your kids an...
We have covered the value of good financial behavior and the necessary traits that most successful investors share. The following represents action steps successful investors take to strengthen their long-term probability of success. Written Down Goals and...
In the last post, we listed ideal behavioral traits for what it takes to become a successful investor. Each trading day we are inundated with information (not necessarily knowledge) on how markets are performing. The daily message is different although the theme...
So, what does it take to become a successful investor? Big income, advanced degrees, studying financial literature, or trading your way to larger account values? Turn on the tv, radio or check your news feed and it’s easy to be influenced into thinking that this is...
We’ve covered the need for cash as part of your plan and providing your accounts a job description. Cash reserves and short term purchases should be accounted for before investing in equities. So what are equities? Equities are companies run by really smart women and...
In our previous posts, we’ve discussed the value of giving your dollars a job description, thinking about timing and first use, and the difference between risk and volatility. Currently, we’re witnessing extreme volatility and price movements in equity investments. ...
As we discussed last time, purchasing power (and the ability for your money to keep pace with a rising cost of life) is truly at the heart of strategic planning for yourself and your family. I discussed the difficulties that target date funds present (by design) by...
As we covered earlier, we know life will be increasingly expensive, not only as we get closer to our retirement but as we continue through retirement as well. In order to retire successfully and stay successfully retired, you must consider your investment choices. ...
This can seem like a daunting task with so many investment choices available today. I’m not prepared or allowed to give advice to the general public in this forum. Most importantly, I don’t know who you, what you want to accomplish, your resources, time horizon or...
We’ve discussed the importance of creating a written plan and how that may allow you to quantify what “enough” means to you. In order to create your unique and personal written plan, it’s necessary to have clarity on the items for which you own and owe. Your balance...
We’ve discussed the value of having a job description assigned to each of your accounts. Once this process is completed, you may begin assembling your balance sheet. Your balance sheet should list all accounts as well as items which you own and owe. Assets you own...