With the release of health insurance premiums in California’s “Obamacare” exchange next year, the controversial health care plan is back in the news. Fortunately, it looks like premiums will come in lower than expected…
Whether it’s by accumulating credit card debt, missing a few debt payments, doing a short sale, or even filing for bankruptcy protection, you may be one of the many people whose credit has been hurt during the weak economy over the past few years…
Okay, not everything. If you know not to invest everything in one stock (and I hope you do), that’s true. But as my colleague points out, some of the old financial rules might need to be broken…
Last week, we discussed some ways that you can avoid the expense of hiring an investment adviser for your tax-sheltered retirement accounts…
Should you hire a financial adviser or manage your money on your own? It’s a question we often get asked. After all, one of the main reasons we hire professionals is to avoid bad outcomes in important areas of our lives that we don’t have the time, interest or expertise to handle on our own and for most people, financial planning would be one of those areas…
When I ask people in our retirement workshops what they would like to do when they retire, one of the most common answers I get is to move to a warmer area with a lower cost of living. Another is to travel and see the world. What if you could combine both by retiring overseas?..
President Obama’s new budget proposal has been getting a lot of attention lately for a combination of tax increases and spending cuts designed to help reduce the federal budget deficit…
If I were to ask you what your most valuable financial asset is, what would you say? Your home? Your 401(k)? For most people, it would be their ability to earn a living…
Mary Morrison, who has taught a personal finance class to Stanford University seniors for 14 years, has seen it all, like the young woman who thought “paid vacation” meant the boss would pay for all her travel and leisure activities, and the student who threatened to call the police and report the work study office because it was letting the government withhold money from her paycheck. Morrison shared with Forbes what she thinks are the most important financial tips of all for people starting out on their own…
Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month? With taxes fresh on your mind and spring cleaning in the air, it’s as good a time as any to brush up on your financial literacy…
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