Account Beneficiaries

The Importance of Naming Beneficiaries

In all 401K, IRA, and HSA accounts, as well as life insurance policies and bank accounts, there is a form linked to the account naming beneficiaries if the owner of the account were to pass away. These forms are usually filled out when the account is created (if even at …

Yakezie Challenge Alexa

Yakezie Challenge Update

Today marks the completion of three months of the Yakezie Challenge for Action Economics. During the past three months I have continued to post at a rate of at least 2 – 3 articles per week and have worked on promoting others as well as my blog.  Although according to …

precious metals

Using Precious Metals As An Inflation Hedge

In 1971 the United States government closed the gold window and completely took the US economy off of the gold standard in order to help finance the Vietnam War. Since 1971 the value of an ounce of gold has gone from $35 to $1,300.  I do not believe that we …