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Archive for April, 2010

The Power of a Snowflake

Posted in Banking, Credit/Debt, Investments, Savings, tagged , , , , , on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It’s that time of year again here in Georgia.  The time of year when everything gets a nice yellowish – green coating. All of the beautiful trees and flowers that many of just saw in Augusta at the Masters Tournament come at a price.  Itchy eyes, scratchy throats and warnings to stay in doors abound.  [...]

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Surviving an Avalanche of Debt

Posted in Credit/Debt, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »

You’ve heard the debt management company commercials: “Do you have more than $10,000 in debt?” I must say that I am frightened by anyone that is that excited about my debt. It makes me wonder… just what is in it for them? Long before our economic downturn, the majority of my work was helping people [...]

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What to Do with My Inherited IRA – Part II

Posted in Credit/Debt, Education, Estate Planning, Home Ownership, Investments, Retirement, Savings, Taxes, tagged , , , , , , , on April 7, 2010 | 9 Comments »

In my last blog I was discussing the issues that Lucy had related to an IRA she inherited from her father who passed away recently and what she should do with this new-found wealth. I also discussed the financial challenges she had because she was unemployed for the past year, had two children going to college, [...]

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Finding Resources for Financial Education

Posted in Education, tagged , , , on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

While it is true that some of the financial strife over the last couple of years was caused by fraud, much of it came from incomplete understanding of personal finance. Adults do not understand many of the financial services they are using. Financial professionals do not understand many of the financial services they are designing [...]

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Give a Man a Fish, You Feed Him for Today; Give a Man a 401(k)…

Posted in Employment, Investments, Retirement, Savings, tagged , , , , , on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It seems to me a lot of the conversations these days about ‘reform’ are really more of a way to get people to act a certain way, invest a certain way, or own a certain product, rather than promoting ideas that solve the underlying problems. Regulating behavior, rather than teaching how to fend for oneself. [...]

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Planning Your Wedding, Avoid the Financial Hangover

Posted in Education, tagged , , , on April 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »

We are heading into wedding season and many people are already neck deep in the wedding planning process. Then again, some are just beginning to plan a wedding for this time next year. One thing I have noticed is that more and more brides and grooms are choosing to pay for their own weddings. People [...]

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