Recent Money Matters Blog Posts:
Right Now is a Good Time to Review Your Fiduciary Designations
An up-to-date estate plan is a huge gift for your family and friends. It can avoid sending your family into court when they are already struggling to deal with your illness or death. Don’t let a judge decide who makes your health care decisions or who manages your estate.
Credit Cards Weighing You Down? Up your credit card savvy.
We are all using plastic more than ever—for both large and small purchases. And so are scammers and fraudsters! About 31.8 million U.S. consumers had their credit cards breached in 2014.
How to Protect Yourself from Scammers Using Fintech
Financial scams and fraud are more prevalent than ever and fraud can happen to anyone. While technology has brought some of this on, it also provides new methods to protect yourself, loved ones, or clients from scammers. Let’s look at an assortment of popular fintech tools.
Why are Some of Us More Vulnerable to Financial Fraud?
Fraud can happen to anyone. Age, income, education, and level of financial literacy do not matter. While no one demographic characteristic makes one person more susceptible to fraud than another, some people are more likely to be victimized.
Are you overspending your budget? 7 tips on how to switch to savings
With a little bit of planning and deliberate decision making you CAN change from overspending to saving. Learning how to not overspend is difficult, but it can be done
What’s Your Current Financial Focus? Each decade you must change.
Developing financial literacy early fosters good financial habits around saving, spending, and other aspects of personal finance management that will likely promote financial stability across your entire life. You’ll have an edge for sustainable improvement of your personal finances.
How to Teach Your Children About Money Management for the Long Term
Money. It’s a topic that is often difficult to discuss. Although it may be uncomfortable, children whose parents are more open about money will often go on to become good stewards of money themselves.
Do You Really Have to Fill Out Your Tax Organizer?
The tax organizer document your accountant sends you to help you collect your tax information doesn’t have to be so much work! Here are some do’s and don’ts.
How a Daily Money Manager helps with Your Tax Return Preparation
Last year Rhonda had a problem. Her father, Steve, who moved to Florida three years earlier, seemed to be deteriorating rapidly. She especially noticed a change in his executive functioning. Her father’s care manager suggested that she work with a Daily Money Manager (DMM).
Sailing through Tax Time with the Help of a Daily Money Manager
A daily money manager can save you the time and stress spent looking for records and summarizing tax data.