When you were younger and likely had fewer personal and professional responsibilities, hiring a financial advisor was probably the very last thing on your mind. However, as you pass basic milestones, like buying a house, starting a family, and investing in stocks or properties, your financial life becomes increasingly more complicated. At some point, you [...]

Money is precious and it’s always good to find a way to make it go further. We’ve found some really helpful financial tools (from the US and the UK) for planning your spending and tracking where your money is going, which can really help to plan for the future. 1. Budget templates for Excel The [...]

Today is the 10th anniversary of the four planes that changed the lives of pretty much everyone in the United States forever. In a weird way, one could say it was the day that changed the financial life for everyone in the world as well. That might sound like one of those things that people [...]

This week started the new administration of around 37 governors. Why anyone would want this job right now is astounding because there isn’t a single one of them walking into a pleasant situation. Every state is in financial distress. Most governors got elected promising things that there’s almost no way they can sustain. No new [...]

About two months ago I wrote a post called Cities, Villages, Towns… You’re In Trouble. I was pointing out how the tax base and industries such as housing have tanked so much that many regions across the country were in serious financial distress with no real way to get out of it. At that time [...]

By now, everyone knows the economy is in trouble. If most of you are paying attention, you know that where you live is probably going to be in trouble as well. There are many reasons for this, and we might as well look at some of them because this isn’t going to be pretty. Let’s [...]

The last two years have been somewhat interesting as far as looking at what the people we elect have or haven’t done for we, the people. As we get closer to what’s known as midterm elections, I thought it would be interesting to look back to see what’s gone on. I’m going to be as [...]