My fiancée and I are getting married in a few months. I do think premarital counseling is extremely important, even if you do it yourself, a non-Catholic pre-cana if you will. I am the type of person that likes to plan things (everything). I would rather go through life with a plan, even if it Read more about Premarital Boot Camp[…]
Ali Malito received a lot of push back on her MarketWatch article that says people should have two times their income saved (read: invested) by age 35. She received tons of not-too-nice comments about how ridiculous this statement was. Folks came out of the woodwork to let her know it was impossible because of their Read more about Saving 2x Your Income by 35[…]
The median retirement account balance for Boomers that are 56 to 61 years old is about $25k. This is abysmally low. Using a 4% safe withdrawal rate this will only produce $1,000 per year of retirement income, or $83 per month. Not much to live off of in the golden years. The news loves picking on Read more about Helping the Boomers[…]
I currently have a 40 minute commute to work each way, so I have been burning through some podcasts at 1.5x speed (my brain doesn’t work fast enough to listen at 2x speed). The podcasts I listen to are usually about investing, personal finance, financial independence, or the financial planning industry. Lately, it feels like Read more about Keep It Simple, Stupid[…]