While I follow the Dave Ramsey “baby step” plan to get towards financial freedom, Dave consistently quotes 12% as an expected long term rate of return for stock mutual funds. While I agree that an investing strategy focusing on stock mutual funds over the long term is the way to …
http://consumerist.com/2013/10/24/americans-racking-up-debt-faster-than-we-save-for-retirement/ This article re-enforces the importance of our behaviors. Small, incremental changes, when consistently applied over time, make substantial results. Saving 10% instead of 5% , or saving to pay with cash instead of going into debt, choices such as these will determine whether you are able to retire …
Planning and Paying for college is a major undertaking for most families. I believe strongly that further education is important to our success as individuals and as a society. Further education does not necessarily mean a 4 year bachelors degree for a desk job. Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame …
As long as an individual has earnings, he or she can open a Roth IRA and invest up to $5500 per year (or their total gross income, whichever is less). It does not matter where the money being invested comes from. Some parents do a matching system where they will …