Breaking Down the Emergency Fund

WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY FUND? The definition of an emergency fund is money you set aside for unexpected financial expenses that come your way. Such as, a job loss, a car breaking down, a medical event or something else that may happen. The money is there so you don’t have to borrow from family or friends, use a credit card …

Options for your 401K after Quitting your Job

So you are leaving your job, hopefully for a better one, or god forbid, you’ve been laid off, do you know what to do with your 401(k)?  Believe it or not, most people don’t.  Here are a few options you can do with that 401(k) to better help you in retirement. 1. You can leave it where it’s at, as …

Increased Limits for Health Savings Accounts

On May 10, 2021, the IRS decided that it will again raise the limit for Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) for 2022 to account for inflation.   First, for some that don’t know, a Health Savings Account, or HSA, is a tax-advantaged account created to help people save for medical expenses that are not reimbursed by their high deductible health care plans.  …

The Water Wheel of Money

In Best Selling Author Peter J. D’Arruda’s book “7 Baby Steps to a Ridiculously Reliable Retirement Income”, he was inspired by two things:  “(1) The need for seniors to have as steady and reliable an income stream in retirement as they did when they were working, and (2) his daughter, Caroline (affectionately known as Carrie), whose transition from expert crawler …

Common Retirement Risks

Whether we like it or not, there are always going to be risks when it comes to planning for our retirement. Some risks are obvious. Some aren’t. Here are a few key areas to pay attention to when putting your plan together: Longevity: Don’t outlive your wealth and available income; Market: Assess your investment strategy and make sure you are …

Core and Explore

Coach Pete and his team at Capital Financial offer a comprehensive approach to financial planning, focusing on strategies to help you generate adequate retirement income and make that retirement income last throughout your lifetime. One of the strategies they recommend is having Core Money. Core Money is protected and safe from risk. To earn enough profit to fund your life …

Retirement Planning During a Pandemic

The crisis stemming from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has thrown our society into an unprecedented state of fear and uncertainty. In a relatively short span of time, this invisible enemy has turned our entire world upside-down, disrupting every aspect of life as we know it. School is different. Work is different. Business is different. It may feel like the financial world …

Saving The Day

There is always a question of, “What is the market going to do?” I don’t care what TV station you turn on or what radio station you tune to, they’ve all got different ideas. I think in the financial world, a lot more focus needs to be put on not where the markets are going and not what’s going to …

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Wealth Psychology

A few months back, I had a rather wealthy client literally explode into tears in my office. She was heartbroken at how her children and grandchildren were always fighting, never able to save a penny, and not one seemed to appreciate the amount of work she and her deceased husband had put into building a sizable estate and a chain …