So long as you work for a living you have to consider long term disability insurance. Don’t get me wrong, not everybody needs disability insurance coverage of course. I received an e-mail from a loyal Wealth Pilgrim a few days ago that illustrates the point. Here’s his story: Jim is about to leave his work. […]
What To Do With Your IRA and 401k Before New Years Eve
Even though 2014 is just about over you still have plenty of time to execute smart IRA and 401k tactics before year-end. If you do so, you could save a lot of cabbage this year and make your retirement much more secure at the same time. No time to waste. Let’s get to it. Match […]
What Happens To Your Debt After You Die?
In most cases, your debt doesn’t die when you do. You may not care about it because, after all, you’ll be dead at the time. But if someone you care about is on the hook for your debts, they might have a concern or two. Are you concerned about your elderly parents and their finances? […]
Quizzle Review – What Sizzles And What Fizzles
Quizzle is a service that offers you a free credit score and report. To use the service you don’t need to provide a credit card number and they provide all kinds of great tools to help you improve your credit score. Sounds perfect, right? It’s not. I will tell right up front that Quizzle has a […]
Helping Adult Children – When Enough is Enough.
It’s easy to spot when other people go overboard supporting their adult children. But it’s close to impossible to identify this in ourselves. I get that. And I’m as guilty as the next person when it comes to financially overprotecting my brood. But this can actually be a serious problem. The cost of giving our […]
How To Pay Off College Debt In Three Years – Seriously
If you are in debt, it’s very smart to focus your energy on getting out of it. You’ll have a lot more financial freedom once you no longer have to make that monthly payment. And let me indulge the math nerd inside us all. If you can pay off a student loan that costs you […]