Managing your finances on your own is hard enough, let alone working with someone else who has different opinions, financial habits, and ideas about the future. But if you are part of a couple, any financial decisions you make need to be done as a team. If you don’t want your finances to be a […]
What Your Budget Says About Your Values
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 (NIV) These are some of the most well-known words that Jesus ever uttered regarding money. Your money and your heart are travel companions. What you value (where your heart is) is where you will put your financial resources. If that is true, […]
How To Pursue A Regret-Free Retirement
Regret is not always a bad thing. While it’s not good to sit in the regret of past mistakes, when we learn from those mistakes, it can help us make better choices in the future. Unfortunately, that’s not true in every situation, namely retirement. There are no retirement do-overs, and any mistakes you’ve made in […]
Our 2020 Mid-Year Economic Update
How’s your 2020 going so far? Unsettling? Unexpected? You’re not alone. The world as we know it has been turned upside down by five letters and a number: COVID-19. While the coronavirus pandemic is at its core a health issue, the downstream effects of it on other aspects of our society have been significant, perhaps […]
Important Benefits Of 529 Plans
Regardless of whether your child is 2 or 12, the thought of college has probably crossed your mind. In the busyness of life and never-ending financial pressures, it is all too easy to put saving for college on the back burner. But before you know it, you’ll be planning college visits and filling out applications. […]
Do Your Friends Or Family Need Our Help During This Time?
We are living in unprecedented times, with hourly briefings and updates that cause many of us to panic or at least lose sleep at night. We get it. Life looks very different than it did just 2 months ago, and it may be awhile before we get some semblance of normalcy back. But the good […]