More and more employers are starting to offer health savings accounts in lieu of a standard health plan. Unfortunately, employees seem to know little about health savings accounts and why they may be better than going with the standard plan. A health savings account...

If you had a quick snapshot into your financial life, don’t you think you could make wiser decisions around your money? Net worth is a measure of financial health. Your main financial goal should be to increase your net worth over your life. By creating a personal net...

No matter how you feel about social security, it is still one of the most important assets a person will have in their lifetime. According to a study by Allianz, approximately 63% of people fear running out of money in retirement – more than fear death. Social...

Once you begin to think about retirement, you will stumble upon the 4% withdraw rate rule. Simply put, it states that if you only withdraw 4% per year in retirement from your retirement accounts, you will not outlive your assets. This may be a good place to start when...

No matter who you talk to in the financial world, you will always here that you need an emergency fund. The importance of an emergency fund cannot be overstated. Too often people back themselves into a financial corner by not being prepared for the worst. How often...

The Roth IRA seems like a simple retirement account at first glance. But there are some intricacies to the Roth IRA that can leave even the best minds confused. To start with, the Roth IRA has several 5-year rules that occur at different times and under different...

There seems to be an ongoing debate about which individual retirement account is better, a Roth IRA or a Traditional IRA. The debate continues because ultimately there is no clear winner. These two different retirement accounts each have their advantages and...

You’ve probably seen them littering your 401k investment options. You’ve noticed most of the investment options all have dates behind them. By now, you may even understand that these options are target-date funds, also known as lifestyle funds. You may also understand...

What does a bad credit score tell people about you? For starters, it lets lenders know that you are a credit risk, and that you are financially unsound. But that is only the beginning. The correlation between credit scores and other risks in your life are substantial....

Almost half (46 percent) of recent retirees wish they had planned better for handling taxes in retirement, according to a new survey from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. One in four retirees report having paid thousands of dollars more in taxes in retirement than...