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This story, How to Erase $70K in Debt by Lisa Gerstner, touches on an important point when you’re planning ahead for a change in your career: Identifying a goal can help ease the pain when it comes to making the necessary sacrifices. In this case, the couple wanted to start a family but felt they [...]
Photo by Sharon Harvell Could it be that the long-awaited bluer skies are finally returning? The stock market, holiday spending, and other economic indicators are up. Most welcome of all perhaps, according to the latest report, unemployment is down. If you are one of the lucky beneficiaries of this nascent uptick in hiring, congratulations! Before you get too [...]
This month, the first Boomers turn 65. But the largest generation’s big milepost is helping to change the way we think about aging. There are many turning 65 that will still want to (or have to) remain in the workforce, and why not? If those reaching retirement age can look forward to a decade or [...]
Looking for the perfect gift for the 99er on your list? Nationally syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary shares her top picks for those who might be asking Santa for good financial information, including I Found a Job: Career Advice from Job Hunters Who Landed on Their Feet by Marcia Heroux Pounds.
With hints of economic recovery starting to surface even in that now infamous lagging indicator, the unemployment rate, it’s tempting to breathe a sigh of relief that the world of work will soon be back to its old normal. But that might be overly optimistic, especially for the 45+ crowd… A look at jobs data [...]
The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the Self-Employed, by Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan, has hit the bookshelves! I’m excited about this for several reasons… First, readers of the blog have probably heard me say it before: I believe that people need to adopt entirely different money management strategies in order to be successful when [...]
I hear it from my clients more and more often. We’ve been working together for a few years, and made good progress on a financial plan that enables them to meet their goals (e.g. paying for kids’ college, their own retirement, etc.) while maintaining a lifestyle they’re happy with. The plan assumes they stay in [...]
