Don’t Let Your Ex Get Your 401(k)
(from Jane Bryant Quinn’s Dimespring article dated 4/8/2013. Click here for the original post. Jane is a nationally known commentator on personal finance with books and columns read and trusted by...
View ArticleWho Wrecked My 401(k)?
PBS’s Frontline recently aired a piece entitled The Retirement Gamble. I don’t want to overstate, but it may be one of the more important hours of television anyone facing their financial future could...
View ArticleGrading the WSJ Retirement Quiz
Recently, the Wall Street Journal released their most recent iteration of their retirement readiness quiz, something they’ve done sporadically over the last decade. Anyone who has read this blog in...
View ArticleThinking About Thinking
This past Sunday evening, I sat down to write this blog. I turned on my laptop. Opened a blank document and then . . . Stopped briefly to check an e-mail. Took a quick peek at my Facebook feed. Got up...
View ArticleSpending with a Purpose
Over the weekend my husband and I traveled to northern Indiana to attend the dedication of a new performing arts center at Trine University. We were impressed by the university’s strong academic...
View ArticleThe Potential Problem Looming in your Retirement Portfolio
(from Dan Solin’s Huffington Post blog on May 20, 2014. Click here for the original article. Dan Solin is the director of investor advocacy for the BAM ALLIANCE and a wealth adviser with Buckingham...
View ArticleHow Should I Treat Social Security in my Portfolio?
There is plenty to discuss and debate when it comes to Social Security. Whether the program will be there for future beneficiaries, in what form, and taxed at what rate are just some of the valid...
View ArticleThe Retiree Next Door
We often say at TAAG that people don’t have financial goals, they have goals…and then everything costs money. Last year, I attended a financial blogging conference called FinCon in St. Louis, Missouri....
View ArticleHow Much Should I Save for Retirement?
We often preach that while rules of thumb are a necessary evil in personal finance and not a terrible place to start ignoring all other options, they don’t do nearly a complete enough job of helping...
View ArticleWhat About Your Care?
My husband and I recently spent the weekend with my parents, siblings and their families, celebrating my mom’s 78th birthday. We had a great time together, and mom told us more than once that having...
View ArticleWhat are You Jonesing For?
What are you Jonesing For? I have a confession to make – I’m not sure the last time we mowed our lawn. Judging by the fact that half of my dog disappears when he makes his trips outside, it’s been a...
View ArticlePopular Social Security Strategies Get the Ax
A couple months ago, I wrote a blog on Social Security which highlighted a couple things. One – historically Congress has been inclined to expand Social Security benefits rather than reduce them. Two...
View ArticleIt Rain Tomorrow
No, the title of this blog is not a typo. It’s an example of a not so subtle difference between futured and futureless languages. Keith Chen is a professor in behavioral economics at the Anderson...
View ArticleProof That Saving at the Last Minute Won’t Save Your Retirement
(from Robert Powell’s Marketwatch column dated 3/22/2016. Click here for the original post. Robert is the editor of Retirement Weekly, a MarketWatch premium newsletter. You can follow Robert on...
View Article4 Ways To Prevent Boomerang Kids From Delaying Retirement
(from Kira Brecht‘s TDAmeritrade’s Ticker Tape blog posted August 15, 2016. Find original post here. Kira is a veteran, Chicago-based journalist specializing in personal finance, investor education,...
View ArticleOne Money Question to Rule Them All: How Much is Enough?
(from Ron Lieber’s article in the Your Money section of the New York Times on November 24, 2016. Click here for the original article. Ron Lieber is the “Your Money” columnist, noted author and editor...
View ArticleWhen I’m 65
Last week I attended “Building the Bridge to Ohio Investor Education,” a community event hosted by the PBS affiliate in Dayton, OH. The program included an opportunity to screen the documentary, “When...
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