Is It Good Advice, Or Not?

A recent Yahoo Finance article says, “Five Pieces of Free Financial Advice You Can’t Afford To Take”. In other words, the article says each one of these ideas is bad. Hmm…let’s see how many of these we agree with…. Your basic expenses in retirement will be much lower...

Your Christmas Budget

It is That Time Of Year again folks. For those of us who have been eating healthy and exercising, hooo boy we might be over indulging in some sweets. It’s holiday time. As Vinnie Tortorich says, it isn’t what you eat between Christmas and New Year’s, it’s what you eat...

Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)

Black Friday / Cyber Monday – how did you do? I don’t know about you, but I was inundated with email advertisements, most to the effect of TIME IS RUNNING OUT! I had my eye on a couple of deals that I knew were going to be on sale at 50% off their regular price. This...

Budgeting, Part Three: What’s Most Important?

All these categories….what is most important? I think this picture says it best…. The actual answer may surprise you. Food is #1. Now that doesn’t mean you go to the Hungry Heifer and get the Feeding Frenzy For Two as soon as you get paid, because Today You Learned...