Student Loan Debt

The headline of a recent article on student loans proclaims, “Student loan borrowers with high debts aren’t making progress repaying them”. File this under, “Thank you, Captain Obvious. What was your first clue??” Student loans are just one of many, many ways we as a...

Long-Term Savings Goals

I think no matter your current relationship with personal finance, you can look into the future and anticipate what you may need to buy. It could be as simple as a set of tires in the next year, or replacing the entire car in the next 2-3 years. If you can identify...

Crawling Out Of Debt? Check Your Check!

Credit cards. Student loans. Car payments. YUCK! Debt of any kind sucks but especially consumer debt. If you have made the decision to pay it off, to GET OUT, then you may have read some helpful tips already, such as: get a second job (or just work more in general),...

Pension Plans – Lump Sum or Monthly Payment?

Pensions are a dying breed of retirement vehicle as more and more companies and institutions move away from an employer-owned retirement fund to an employee-owned 401k or similar. For those at or nearing retirement age, at some point you will have The Meeting with the...