Essays & Videos
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Why an Emergency Fund is a Good Idea
An emergency fund is the rainy-day fund; it’s for the out of the ordinary, once in a blue moon expense that you need money for RIGHT NOW. It is for [...]
The Difference Between a Savings Account and Investing
The words saving and investing seem to always go together, like peanut butter and jelly, or death and taxes. And they do belong together, because before you can invest, you [...]
Mapping Your Financial Future: It’s Never Too Late to Save for College
Our webcast, led by Tony Muhlenkamp, takes a fresh look at an old topic: how do we save for college? Given the past few months, should we change the way [...]
Make More, Spend Less – Invest the Difference
Financial Health and Wellness has a LOT in common with Physical Health and Wellness; especially in the sense that everyone knows it’s important; and they even know how to do [...]
Is Money the Root of All Evil or Good for the Soul?
First of all, the entire quote from Pauls’ Letter to Timothy is “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have [...]
Used Cars and Retirement
In 1995 Grandpa wrote “Fund Your IRA Every Year, or How to Retire Wealthy by Driving Used Cars.” Twenty-five years later the message remains true and I think bears repeating: [...]