29Sep

A Roth 401k allows you to take tax free distributions from employer sponsored retirement plans. It combines features of a traditional 401k with those of a Roth IRA. Specifically, the Roth 401k allows …

23Jan

Digital currency is money that is exchanged only in electronic format, not paper money or coin. Generally speaking, transactions made using digital currency involve the internet or some other computer…

5Mar

2009 was a tough year for all our finances, and many, if not most, of us found ourselves getting left behind and slipping, one month at a time, that little bit more into debt. This one should be a b…

26Feb

So the news is out that personal finance guru Suze Orman is gay. And it's killing her pocketbook.

Seems if she could marry her partner kathy Travis they could avoid some nasty estate taxes upon e…

20Sep

financial planning is crap. You go to a financial planner whose motives you question, you make a lot of assumptions about how much money you'll make, how long you'll live, how many kids you…

31May

I was reading this article about mutual funds with front-end loads and how one financial planner told his client he needed to switch to one so the planner could get a commission, and I had to laugh th…

18Feb

So with all the concern out their about Financial planners and their motives for your welfare, what is important in knowing how to pick one or if you even need one?

The major thing about planners is…

18Feb

Jane Bryant Quinn made some comments in a Newsweek article that is worth mentioning a few things about concerning Financial Planners.

Consider one thing before we get into that particular article. …

17Feb

While there is advice and comments that float around everywhere and pundits abound on every subject that you can think of out there, yet there are three areas as far as they relate to your finances t…

5Feb

While the good news that many more people are taking interest in their personal finances is welcome, one of the ways that it is being expressed is through the Hiring of financial planners to either h…