Choosing where to focus your finances may prove difficult with all the available options. There are benefits and drawbacks to every important financial decision. You may choose to build your savings before paying off debt. You may want to eliminate your debt before saving for retirement or save enough cash to start investing. Ultimately, prioritization […]
Category: Retirement
Why Millennials Need To Start Saving for Retirement Now (And How To Get Started)
Millennials have less of a safety net than the generations before them. In fact, retirement will be different for millennials than it is for the baby boomer generation. Student loan debts — coupled with the fact that they lived through a recession and face higher-than-average unemployment and job insecurity rates — mean that retirement is […]
Should You Save for Your Kid’s College or for Retirement?
Saving money isn’t easy. If you’re trying to save money for retirement — and for your child’s college tuition — at the same time, you know just how difficult it can be. Fortunately, with proper financial planning, you should be able to comfortably accomplish both goals. Funding Your Retirement If you’re like many individuals, you […]
Getting Started: What’s Taxable in Retirement and What’s Not?
Here are tips for minimizing taxes in retirement. The first step to minimizing your taxes in retirement is knowing what is taxable and what is not. You can then take steps to avoid or limit taxes on your investments. Here is how the IRS treats the most common sources of retirement funding. It is impossible […]
As a Small Business Owner, What Are Your Retirement Plan Options?
Being self-employed gives you a certain measure of freedom, but it definitely doesn’t give you an out on skipping on something as important as saving for retirement. There’s an argument that it makes putting money away that much more critical, because unlike an employee who might have access to a 401K, you’re on your own. […]
Start Saving For Retirement Today!
You have heard it time and time again and today will be no different. We wanted this to be a bit more targeted to those in their 20’s and 30’s but it can apply to anyone regardless of your age. Start saving for retirement now!!! The fact is that most 20 or 30 year old’s […]
Take Control Of Your Retirement With A Self Directed IRA
Retirement can be a scary word, idea and stage of life. Part of the reason that is can be so intimidating is that there are so many different types of retirement accounts, companies and things to be aware of. While this can very much be the case for you and your retirement you do not […]
