Monthly Archives: November 2011

Friday Links

This week Michael James on Money shared some amazing secrets about investing.  You’ll want to read his post about The Best-Kept Secret About Successful Investing. This week on Passive Income Now asked the question Why Does Everyone Want to Buy a Home Instead of Renting? Million Dollar Journey this week explained Pension Basics: Selecting a…

Not Everyone Needs Life Insurance

Life Insurance

Along with emergency funds and online bank accounts, life insurance is one of the most talked about topics of the whole personal finance blog-o-net, a long hyphenated word that I just made up. It seems like every 4th post is a list of the benefits of life insurance, usually with an affiliate link or two,…

3 Ways to Get a Raise

Career Key

There’s a lot to be said about frugality. The more you can do with the money you have, the richer you will feel. A lot of frugality is easy to do, feels rewarding, and gives you great benefits. But frugality can only take you so far. Eventually, there is just not enough hard cash to…

Is a poor return a good reason to change your financial advisor?

Meeting With Advisor

Lately in my workshops and presentations, I have heard an increased amount of dissatisfaction from investors about their financial advisors.  The last 10 years have been tough on investors because the markets have been choppy and when you take both the up and downs into consideration many investors are still left feeling disappointed about their…