investing
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What does financial independence mean to you? Is it a number? A time frame? What is financially independent? What does it look like? These are questions I never really asked myself before until recently. Early this year I reached out to a friend whose advice I value about some financial choices I was weighing at Read more
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Any time you put money aside, you are making an investment in your future. That may be in the form of saving for a future purchase, a future expense, an emergency fund, a new car, a home, retirement, etc. If you hold that money in cash, it actually loses value because inflation causes the value Read more
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It may be that a work sponsored retirement account is not an option for you. Or maybe it is but they don’t offer a match. Perhaps there aren’t a lot of good choices of fund options in the work sponsored plan. This is common. If you have a work sponsored plan available and your company Read more
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If you don’t want to live on Social Security in your golden years, which we’ve already discussed, is not going to replace your income when you want to retire, you need another plan. What do you want your life to look like when you’re in your 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s? Do you want your standard Read more
