Working Together for Financial Success was originally published in the Knoxville News Sentinel As the year-end approaches, I asked my wife to join me at the kitchen table to review our money history and current financial plan. We discussed the following questions:...
Cash Flow Planning
Savings—It’s an Emergency!
How is your nest egg? If you do not have the savings that you want to have and/or do not have a plan to get there, perhaps a different approach is in order. It has occurred to me that whenever there is an emergency we drop everything else and focus on that event or...
Say What? What does all that economic jargon really mean?
With the debate over the U.S. government debt, the debt woes in the Eurozone, and talk of a double-dip recession--not to mention protestors camping out on Wall Street--suddenly fairly complex economic issues are showing up in the mainstream news. In our own...
Savings Limits
Penny-Pinching Consumers The economy has spurred Americans to save money any which way they can. Here’s where we’re pinching pennies: Purchasing more generic brands 63% Brown-bagging lunch 45% Going to the hairdresser or barber less 39% Cancelling one or more...