You can likely thank (or blame) your parents for some aspects of how you turned out. Maybe you have your mother’s eyes or your dad’s habit of chewing with your mouth open. How you manage money is another thing you likely picked up from your parents — whether they intended you to or not. While
It was already projected that Social Security would begin to tap its trust fund to pay for benefits starting in 2020. That was before the coronavirus. How will a recession impact the funding of future Social Security benefits? The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our daily life, and the Social Security trust fund
Most people have a broader and more robust digital life than they realize, and that digital life has to be integrated into their estate plans. If it isn’t, your heirs are likely to face a lot of inconvenience, anxiety and unnecessary costs. It’s possible part of your estate and legacy will be lost. It took
Before my husband and I started working with our financial adviser at the beginning of 2020, we didn’t have much of a plan for our money. We made sure our bills were paid each month and our credit wasn’t terrible, but beyond that, there was no strategy. So while we technically had what we needed
More than 30 million Americans are now out of work as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and their personal finances have taken a severe hit. But as the unemployment claims increase by the millions on a weekly basis, there is another concern on the minds of Americans who were laid off or furloughed: health
Terry Knight, the 31-year-old founder of Spark Ads Agency in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, can tell you a thing or two about credit card debt. Some 10 years ago, while still in school, he was laid off from a part-time job and started using his credit card to help pay living expenses. He quickly went