Preparing Financially for the Death of Your Spouse
80% of married women outlive their husbands, and widows live an average of 14 years after their spouse’s death. Here's how to prepare financially.
Category: Family Finances
Fidelity Courts Teenage Investors
Fidelity Investments has introduced the Fidelity Youth Account, the industry’s first brokerage account for 13- to 17-year-olds.
Stress-Testing Your Household Finances
Do you have a risk-management plan in place for your personal finances? You should.
Financial Love and Respect
With 20 years of ministry experience, a PhD in family studies, a Master’s of Divinity degree, and a Master’s degree in communication, Emerson Eggerichs was a knowledgeable, experienced, and effective pastor. But one day,
Creating Family Christmas Traditions
Traditions give families assurance that, even in an uncertain and changing world, they can count on some things to be the same.
Attention Husbands: You Should Know About SMI’s Ministry to Widows
Widows often need personalized, objective financial advice. We want to help them get it.
How to Set Your House in Order
Unless the Lord returns first, the odds are 100% that each of us will die. When the time comes, will your financial house be in order?
When a Financial Storm Hits Home
As the economic storm that accompanied COVID-19 continues to rage, here are ways to "batten down the hatches" in your personal finances.
Investing as a Couple
In some couples, one spouse makes all the investment decisions. In others, the spouses handle their own retirement accounts separately. A better approach is to work together.
The State of Your Union
A friend told me last week that she and her husband had just completed their annual "State of the Union" meeting.
Around the first of each year — while enjoying a leisurely dinner at a quiet restaurant — they review the