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4 Post-Work Life Tips
How to have a long and healthy retirement: It’s a time when we’re supposed to find happiness, but post-work life is often associated with severe health problems. Below are some tips to help you live long and prosper. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/15/how-to-have-long-and-healthy-retirement
The ‘Disgusting’ Financial Practice Tony Robbins Wants You to Watch Out For
It sounds simple enough: Make an investment adviser put the interests of his or her clients ahead of his own. But the rollout of the so-called fiduciary rule, approved by the Department of Labor during the Obama administration, continues to be delayed, as it faces fierce opposition from the financial industry. For author and business strategist […]
Test Your Retirement IQ
What’s the biggest threat to a comfortable retirement? Ignorance. The decisions you make leading up to retirement, including how much to save, how to allocate your investments, when to take Social Security and how to anticipate your retirement expenses can make a big difference in your old age. And the decisions don’t stop on day […]
How Much Money You Need To Save Each Day To Become A Millionaire By Age 65
Becoming rich is nothing more than a matter of committing and sticking to a systematic savings and investment plan. If you want to get rich, start investing- and start as early as you possibly can. To illustrate the simplicity of building wealth over time, Bach created a chart detailing how much money you need to […]
Tony Robbins’ 10 Tips for Living Rich
If you want to be happy, but you’re having a tough time in life due to personal or financial issues, it’s important to take whatever steps possible — even small ones — to progress and grow. This best-selling author’s advice has been featured prominently in magazines, digital media and in national televised media. He travels […]
How to Budget Like a Millionaire
Most millionaires aren’t driving Lamborghinis and eating caviar. They’re driving reliable used cars and eating mashed potatoes and meatloaf. Millionaires aren’t wealthy because they’re lucky. They’re wealthy because they follow simple money habits year after year. Click HERE to learn more about Dave Ramsey’s 6 Surprising Habits of Millionaires.
Your Brain Does Really Weird Stuff When It Thinks About Money
Money is an emotional topic, but what’s really happening inside our brains when money comes up? The answer, in short, is a whole lot! A Harvard Business article explains what your brain looks like while thinking about money. Click below to read the 3 key takeaways.
When Will I Be Retirement Ready?
How do we know when we have enough for retirement? Given it’s National Save for Retirement Week, there’s no better time than now to take the mystery out of saving for retirement. The objective is that when you arrive at the golden years and find that they are truly golden- It’s called FINANCIAL FREEDOM. And […]
What Fantasy Football Can Teach You About Investing
If you’re like me, you recently drafted players for your Fantasy Football team. As you sat online with thousands of other fans and fanatics scattered nationwide, chatting about and nabbing the best running backs, quarterback and kickers for your imaginary team, you may feel you learn little about investing. Wrong call. Fantasy Football is a billion […]
Is It Time To Make Changes to Your Investment Portfolio?
The stock market has taken us for an emotional ride during the past couple of months, and you may be asking yourself if you should make changes to your investment portfolio. While changing strategies can be a good idea, it’s better to base those decisions on analysis and in the context of your long-term investment […]