Happy Thanksgiving! Every year I make my kids watch Garfield’s Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. The nostalgia makes me happy and grateful. Sometimes it’s still hard for me to believe that I’m a grown-up and have a family of my own! I’m hoping this year will be the year that I can force my family to watch Planes, Trains, […]

There’s More to Investing Than Risk and Return Christine Benz, one of the most respected investment commentators in the country, shares “The more I know [about investing], the more I can’t be bothered with the arcane, the volatile, the hard to understand. Instead, I crave simplicity, peace of mind and the ability to be asleep […]

Namaste Invested: Look to Yoga to Build Your Wealth I’m always looking for more interesting and engaging ways to discuss personal finance topics. This article was creative and had some good tips. I Just Received My Open Enrollment Benefits Booklet. Am I Actually Supposed to Read This Thing? If you are like most people, you […]

Believing in Yourself Is the First Step to Achieve Anything A good reminder that self-belief gives us the freedom to try new things, bet on ourselves, and create resilience for life’s challenges. It’s also a nicer mind space to live in. There’s Another Gender Pay Gap: Stock Options Here’s a financial situation when what you […]

The Power of Health Savings Accounts for Retirement Planning Health Savings Accounts aka HSAs are one of the most valuable retirement savings tools out there for higher income earners. Using an HSA correctly allows you to lower your taxable income, grow the asset tax free, and withdraw the money tax free. Triple tax benefit!! It […]

How to Prepare Your Finances Before Quitting Your Job With preparation, anything is possible. Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire You may have heard that IPO (“Initial Public Offering”) mania is nutso (technical term) this year. This honest article about becoming an “overnight millionaire” is very timely. Not everyone involved working for a company that has […]