Two Calculations That May Surprise You

March 11, 2016

As the political season continues to drag on and presidential candidates drop out, we are inevitably going to be faced with a decision that makes many of us say “THIS is the best we can do from a pool of 300 million people?” Yet, the day will be upon us shortly and we will make a choice.  One of the things that I found interesting and a little bit fun was this political quiz that calculates how much you agree with the different presidential candidates on certain policy questions. The answers surprised me a little bit (and I’m not going to share how the quiz came out for me) and I’ve shared it with some friends to see where they landed. Continue reading “Two Calculations That May Surprise You”

One Of The Most Important Financial Steps You Can Take

December 04, 2015

During our preparation of Thanksgiving dinner, my kids and I had a conversation about our family. There have been a lot of changes in the family over the last year or so. There have been several deaths, several births, several weddings and a few events that I’m probably forgetting as I write this.  Continue reading “One Of The Most Important Financial Steps You Can Take”

Can We Stall the Coming Retirement Crisis?

May 31, 2011

It is hard not to hear about the pending doom and gloom forecast for the baby boomers approaching retirement.  I was standing in line waiting to pick up my rental car last week and the flat screen TV on the wall had CNN reporting about how boomers “don’t even know what they are going to end up doing” since many are unprepared to face retirement and that Social Security and Medicare may fail as a safety net for the boomers.  The irony is that I was on my way to facilitate a workshop on Retirement Readiness for a company that is proactively preparing their workforce to have a financially secure retirement, bucking the trend of many employers who are putting more of the burden on the workers to save for their own retirement.  So what is the answer to having your employees take charge of their own futures and focus on building a sizeable retirement nest egg? Continue reading “Can We Stall the Coming Retirement Crisis?”