Category: Retirement

The story of American Home Mortgage is a pretty sad one, it is a Melville, NY based mortgage company that fell on hard times because of the sub-prime implosion and is now ripping itself apart to pay its over one thousand creditors (many of which will see nothing). Now AHM is trying to seize the…

When I saw this article on the Yahoo Finance homepage, the first thing that popped into my mind is “why would anyone move to Europe, the dollar is totally in the crapper.” It only recently moved from record lows against the Euro and our trade deficit isn’t making future prospects look particularly bright. Well, Forbes…

When you start your first job, it’s overwhelming enough to have to deal with actually starting your job, you don’t really have enough mental energy to also worry about retirement – something you actually won’t do for another forty-something years. In fact, with all the acronyms and numbers and letters, it’s very easy to be…

On August 17th and August 30th, you can get free financial advice from fee-only planners, courtesy of Kiplinger’s. It’ll be the sixth time Kiplinger’s has done this and they’re working with the National Association of Personal Finance Advisors (NAPFA) from 9am to 6pm, fielding calls on 888-919-2345 and emails at jumpstart@kiplinger.com. Here are more details:…

Before you can calculate how much money you’ll need while in retirement, you need to ask yourself… what do you want to do in retirement? The answer to that question will help you square away the answer to how much money you’ll need. If you plan on living the high life, traveling the world, buying…

I love it when publications like Forbes.com publish articles where they give you a nice broad national look at a particular subject, in this case the best tax haven states, but I hate it when they force you to wade through prose or a slideshow just to get to the meat of the piece. I…