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Archive for April, 2011

Coming Out of the Spending Closet

Posted in Taxes, tagged , , , , on April 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »

New Online Tool Reveals How Government Spends Your Tax $ If you’ve ever wondered, “Where, oh where do my tax dollars go?” then get ready to satisfy your curiosity. Thanks to a new online calculator, we can look behind the curtain on Capitol Hill and see exactly how our own individual Federal income and payroll [...]

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Spring Cleaning Your Financial Plan with a SWOT Analysis

Posted in Financial Planning, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’m sure the first thing you think when you see this title is that I spelled SWOT wrong (as in SWAT team). For financial planning purposes, I actually got it right as it stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Whenever I meet someone who needs  financial  planning help, I compose my SWOT analysis to [...]

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Another Tax Year Filed Away

Posted in Taxes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Well three more days were available this year to get it all done and now we can all breathe a sigh of relief for another year. The returns have been filed, the paper is all tucked away, and now we can enjoy the sounds of spring (tweet, play ball!, bait that hook) and the warmth [...]

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The Great Tax and Deficit Debates

Posted in Taxes, tagged , , , , , on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It’s an uncanny time for a film adaption of Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ to be hitting theatres. The first film of a trilogy depicts a world of high regulation on leaders of industry who ultimately decide to take their talents from the world and use them instead in a hidden community, free from government interference. [...]

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Mad and Won’t Take It Anymore!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I know they say that that is what the Tea Party Movement is about but I don’t think so. At least that is not what I am talking about here because I don’t see that political Movement as the answer to my ‘madness’.  POLITICS VERSUS LEADERSHIP  I have recently gone back to school to obtain [...]

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How Much House Can I REALLY Afford?

Posted in Home Ownership, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Post financial crisis people are really questioning how much house they can really afford. Before 2008, loose lending standards caused many homebuyers to buy much more house than they could truly afford. Now lenders are so tight that if you are not a cookie cutter loan applicant you may struggle to get a loan. So [...]

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How to Maintain that Credit Score

Posted in Credit/Debt, tagged , , , , , on April 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Unless you’ve been in hiding for some time, you’re aware of two things. One is that the process for consumers to get loans or credit of almost any kind has become increasingly stringent. The second is that, if you do have the need to borrow money, rates have rarely, if ever, been more attractive. Borrowers need [...]

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Employment Is Not Permanent So An Emergency Fund Is Not Optional

Posted in Savings, tagged , , , , , , , on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

So a government shutdown was averted. I was amazed at the questions surrounding the implications of a shutdown. Was the last shutdown in 1995 wiped from our national memory? Maybe it is the ever increasing speed of our culture that entices us to focus on trending Twitter hashtags while ignoring the learning opportunities inherent in [...]

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Total Body Extreme

Posted in Financial Planning, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve gotten a little older. Most of the time I don’t really notice it, but there are times when it becomes very evident. If you are at least 40, you’ve witnessed some of this yourself. A backache here. A knee pain there. Or maybe there is a relative whose diaper you changed that now has [...]

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To Automate or Not? That is the Question…

Posted in Banking, tagged , , , , , , on April 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

What do most health and financial experts agree is the best way to lose weight or build savings? Automate your activities! Whether you are trying to stick to a diet (automate your meal plan) or save for retirement (auto savings and bill pay), most experts tell us to set up a system that we don’t have to [...]

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