Earlier this year, I wrote about our family’s experience with travel insurance. We took a long-delayed, much-anticipated vacation to Paris and had a truly wonderful seven days exploring the city, enjoying the museums and
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Do you really need to replace your entire current income to live comfortably in retirement? Here's why the answer is probably "no."
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Many parents provide financial help to their adult children. Unfortunately, that aid often works against the long-term interest of the children — and the parents too.
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Even if parents never teach their kids overt lessons about finances, how mom and dad use their money will speak volumes.
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Learn about two resources that can help teenagers make good decisions about choosing a career field.
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The mayor of my city sent me a letter last week. Well, actually, he sent it to all homeowners and residents. He informed us that the city council just voted to raise taxes.
The move is necessary, he said, because the
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If you’ve been reading SMI content for a while, you’ve heard certain messages time and time again. Have a plan. Stay with your plan. The market moves in cycles. Time in the market trumps market timing. And on and on. But
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With our oldest planning to head off to college in the fall, I’ve been in an especially nostalgic mood lately. I’ve been lingering a little longer when Facebook sends me photographic “memories” of past family trips and
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I don’t mean to get all morbid on you, but I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Over the Christmas break, I attended five visitations on behalf of our church. Then we got the tragic news that the dad in a family we
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In many marriages, money is a perennial trouble spot. Of course, irreconcilable financial differences are a frequently cited cause of divorce, but even among couples that stay together, staying on the same financial page
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