Financial Planning , Estate Planning and Personal Investment

Financial Planning , Estate Planning and Personal Investment

Financial Planning , Estate Planning and Personal Investment

Estate Planning
Marie@familymoneyvalues.com presents Are You Settling an Estate? – What to Do Right Away posted at FamilyMoneyValues, saying, “When a loved one dies, it is devastating. When you are also responsible for the deceased’s estate, it gets even harder. You are on the spot to make sure that your loved one’s affairs are handled appropriately without tearing the family apart. If you have never dealt with death, you probably don’t know where to start. Here are suggestions on what you should do right away.”

Carlos Sera presents A Required Rate Tale | Financial Tales posted at Financial Tales, saying, “The real question that should be asked is—How much stock should investors hold? Old or young has nothing to do with it. So, how much stock should investors hold? The answer is—as much as required to earn the returns necessary to achieve your goals and is why I call this tale A Required Rate Tale.”

Flexo presents Set Up Beneficiaries for All Your Accounts posted at Consumerism Commentary, saying, “In the event of a tragedy, you want to make sure your family and friends are well taken care of. ”

Financial Planning
MainstreamMom presents Beth Kobliner Interview: Get a Financial Life posted at Mainstream Mom, saying, “Beth Kobliner, is the author of the bestseller Get a Financial Life, and a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability. She was gracious enough to answer a few of our burning hot questions”

Jessica Bosari presents Wedding Economics: 11 Tips to Save Big Money on Your Big Day posted at Billeater, saying, “Weddings don’t have to break the bank. Follow these tips to keep your special day affordable.”

Frank Knight presents Investment Asset Allocation posted at Retirement Planning Software, saying, “When you are already there and invested in an asset class, you are following a passive asset allocation strategy. Tactical asset allocation strategy advocates suggest that you can anticipate the crowd, but flow-of-funds studies show that almost all tactical asset allocation fund flows are late money flows that chase performance after valuations have already moved.”

Jacob presents Are You Balancing Frugal Living With Fun? posted at My Personal Finance Journey, saying, “One of the keys to financial planning is to budget a sufficient amount of “fun money” in to your monthly spending so that you don’t go crazy on your way to saving enough money for retirement. This post shares the techniques that I personally use to make sure that I not only save money, but am also “living life” at the same time.”

Echo presents The Wealthy Barber Returns: Book Review and Giveaway posted at Boomer & Echo, saying, “Now, more than two decades later, Chilton is back with The Wealthy Barber Returns.”

Ciana Locke presents Market Index Funds posted at Best Index Mutual Funds, saying, “The dominant issue in choosing among passively managed index mutual funds and ETF funds benchmarked against the S & P 500 is that securities industry management and trading fees are all over the map from reasonably low to shockingly high.”

Financing a Home
DJ presents A Look At The Advantages of Renting Vs. Buying posted at The Family Wallet, saying, “Home ownership is touted as the “American Dream,” but whether you should rent or buy depends greatly on your individual needs and financial situation. Here are some things to consider about both options”

Jon Elder presents Why a 15 Year Mortgage is a Smart Move posted at Free Money Wisdom, saying, “Here are some things to consider when trying to choose between a 15 year and a 30 year option on your mortgage:”

Mike Holman presents Can Home Owners Benefit From Falling Prices? posted at Money Smarts Blog, saying, “If you are upgrading from a starter home to something more expensive, you might be better off if real estate prices drop.”

Financing Education
Kyle Berks presents Make sure your Payday Loan Lender is Licensed posted at Online Payday Loan Companies Reviewed, saying, “Choosing a secured and safe payday loan lender can often be overwhelming. There are plenty of lending firms to choose from today and finding a reputable company is a challenging task.”

Jonathan from Debt Loans presents Give the Gift of Financial Finesse: Preteens posted at Wallet Watcher, saying, “When it comes to preteens and finances, parents have a rare opportunity. Most, if not all, of the child’s money is coming from their parents. Although they may not always seem to be, they are usually still open to hearing and accepting their parents’ teachings.”

John presents College and Future Earnings: What’s the Connection? posted at Wallet Blog, saying, “We’ve all heard the saying that people with college degrees will earn more throughout their lives than people who only have a high school education — but does having a framed piece of paper on your wall necessarily mean you are destined for a bigger payday?”

Income
Kyle Taylor presents 5 Weird Ways to Make Money Recycling posted at The Penny Hoarder, saying, “Collecting cans for the recycling center is not the only way to make a buck with your recyclables. Check out these 5 new, very weird ways to make extra money recycling…”

FMF presents My New Credit Card Strategy posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Details on how I plan to use high-level rewards cash back credit cards to make $600 more this year that I would if I simply used a 2% cash back card. Yes, 6% is the new 2%!”

Crystal presents Self-Employment Paychecks – Irregular Pay posted at Budgeting In The Fun Stuff, saying, “With a steady paycheck coming in, it’s fairly easy to budget and predict income and expenses but that’s not the case with self employment. How would you deal with this?”

Investing
Tyler presents Building Wealth Using Dividend Paying Stocks posted at Debt Reckoning, saying, “Tyler shares his wealth-building strategy centered around the accumulation of dividend-paying stocks.”

Investor Junkie presents Zecco Announces Zecco Elite posted at Investor Junkie, saying, “Zecco recently changed their pricing from their commission free service. Zecco are now offering more personal service for higher-end investors with some net worth to invest. With Zecco Elite they are now focusing more on services and features, than purely pricing.”