You need a mortgage. Sounds crazy right? Isn’t sound financial planning and wealth building strategies all about saving and investing? Not necessarily. It is about saving and invest and keeping more of what you earn. That means keeping a careful eye on taxes. One of the biggest tax deductions (other than your retirement plans like [...]

The exact rules for the social security spousal benefit are anything but clear and easy to understand. We’ve laid out everything you need to know in an easier to understand manner to help you achieve the most that this benefit has to offer.

With all the recent volatility and debt rating downgrades, investors are probably thinking that a downgrade in debt rating leads to huge stock losses. However, a recent study shows, this may not be true.

Many baby boomers fear that as they age, their value in the workplace gets diminished as younger employees enter the workforce, but fear not my friends. Things may not be as bad as they have been made out to be in the media.

America is fast joining other countries with extremely high levels of debt that may threaten our economic and financial futures. So what’s an investor to do? Well, as it turns out, there is a lot you can do to help America solve its debt crisis.

You have a 401k, but odds are you are not maximizing the value of your 401k you should be. These tips will help you re-analyze your 401k strategy and help you boost your retirement nest-egg.