Here we are again in the final quarter of the year when thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and Christmas and… reviewing your financial house. Oh, that’s not on your list? Well, let’s put it there because financial issues cannot be on automatic pilot. Things change and you need to keep...
Well, here’s a shocker—the cost of healthcare is getting more expensive all the time—much more. And with the highest inflation rate in forty years draining people’s purchasing power, more Americans are finding it harder to pay their medical bills too. It wasn’t much easier in 2021. The Kaiser Family...
After 40 years, a new chapter is being written in the saga of high inflation. Some of us are old enough to remember the ugly story the last time in happened. But for millions of Americans, this is their first rodeo. As the price of everything has gone through...
Finances, just like your body, can be sick or healthy. Both are important to your life and you need to pay attention to both. So, how do you take the temperature of your finances? Here are 11 steps to complete your own financial checkup from our friends at The...
You load 16, tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store. Lyrics “Sixteen Tons” –Merle Travis, 1946   Welcome to the United States, where debt is king. Debt was an issue in...
Most of the articles I write are about taking care of your financial house, especially planning for retirement. This one is different though. This one I’m writing because I’m furious! Every day there are more and more unscrupulous scammers who could care less who they steal from and the...
Alhambra's Bob Williams describes one method for getting out of debt.
My dad always said, “Son, don’t borrow money unless you absolutely have to.” Dad was a depression-era baby and he saw people who financially crashed and burned when the U.S. economic system crashed and burned. But today, credit is king. According to Debt.org, total U. S. consumer debt is $13.86...