Your New Year’s resolution may be to save money, but how to get the money you saved at the grocery store out of your wallet and into a savings plan? It’s a strangely mechanical problem, isn’t it? If you’re having trouble getting hold of the money you are saving, start by keeping track of what you spend. You can… [Read More]
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Save for a dream vacation
Many people save money for a dream project, such as a fabulous vacation. My family loves to travel, and it’s something we work into our budget. It helps that we don’t care too much where we go, as there are interesting things to see and great people to meet everywhere in the world. If one… [Read More]
The basics of Individual Retirement Accounts
An IRA is a great way to save money for retirement. The U.S. tax code offers a lot of advantages for saving through an Individual Retirement Account, sometimes called an Individual Retirement Arrangement, but most commonly known as an IRA. The bad news is that in trying to cover so many bases, the rules quickly… [Read More]
Strategic planning, frugal living, and early retirement
I think a lot about what to do with this blog, just as I think a lot about what to do with work in general. There are fewer good opportunities for writers these days, and sometimes, it seems like there is nothing new to say. So what do I do? Like so many writers, I’m… [Read More]
Miscellaneous items in my in-box, October 10, 2013
What with a government shutdown, a new Federal Reserve chief, and gorgeous weather here in Chicago, my inbox has been full of press releases and passed-on articles. Here are a few that you may find interesting, too: Looting of public pension funds: More perspective on the mess that just about every city and state faces…. [Read More]
