7 Essential Strategies For Paying Down Debt

7 Essential Strategies For Paying Down Debt

Wouldn’t you rather be putting a little more money toward your retirement or 401K each month and sending less of it to credit card companies? If so, you might find that with just a little effort, you’ll be able to do just that — sooner rather than later.  Here are...
5 Critical Financial Skills To Teach Your Teenager

5 Critical Financial Skills To Teach Your Teenager

Money…what is it good for? Absolutely everything! Well, perhaps not everything, but for many things. Money shouldn’t define us, but it does need to pay our bills and feed our children and keep the lights on while we are doing what defines us, whether that is work,...
What Does it Mean to Fund a Trust?

What Does it Mean to Fund a Trust?

As a person’s career advances, or even begins to wind down, depending on how you look at it, there comes a time to consider a whole host of topics, such as long-term care options and retirement plans. But a third category is just as important as those other two:...
How Earning An Allowance Helps Kids Learn About Money

How Earning An Allowance Helps Kids Learn About Money

Next time you are in a group of your peers, preferably those with elementary-age children, try this for a conversation starter: “Do your kids get an allowance?” Chances are you will be on the receiving end of an entire range of opinions, from “No way! It is their job...