How to Withdraw Money out of My Roth IRA?
If you’re like most, you’ve probably considered withdrawing money from your Roth IRA at some point in your life. Maybe you wanted to make a dent in your debt, help pay for your child’s college tuition, or make repairs on your house. When your retirement......
Women and Money: 11 Tips to Take Control of Your Money
Women and Money: 11 Tips to Take Control of Your Money Women are generally good at managing their personal finances and day-to-day expenditures. However, most women still find it quite difficult to save up extra funds for that proverbial rainy day. This could be due......
20 Ways to Stay Motivated as a Single Mother
Single parenting is not an easy task; you’re dealing with the pressures of work, disagreements with the other parent, criticism from family members, and the struggles of disciplining your kids at times. This can suck any motivation out of you, leaving you wondering if life......
How to Get Started Investing as a Woman
There’s a lot of discussion about the gaps that exist for women. While some of these are arbitrary, like thigh gaps (forget about them; they’re not important) and a gap in marrying age (also forget about it; get married when you want), some gaps need......
Ten Reasons to Downsize Before You Retire
Are you nearing retirement and considering downsizing your home? If you’re not, you really should! There are lots of benefits—some you may have thought of and some you might not have. Here are the top 10 reasons to downsize before you retire. #1 Sell your......
Making Your Retirement a New Beginning
Retirement is considered a very important milestone and a great accomplishment in anyone’s life. Naturally, you may feel a little bad about leaving a company or organization, or the people that you might have worked with for a very long time. However, the bright side......
Planning a retirement party for women
As a woman, once you secure your first job one thing is always inevitable—you will retire at some point in your career. This is a very important stage of your life, one which will not only remind you of how fast the years have gone......
Five Optimal Retirement Party Gift Ideas
We believe that retirement is a major milestone achieved by the retiree, and this is the age when a retiree stops living at work and starts working to live! This is a big day and should be celebrated with a big bash. After spending a......
Going Out in Style: Five Outfits to Wear at Your Retirement Party
Thinking about the future right now can give you a clear direction of what you want to do with your life. Planning for your retirement is one way to make sure that when the time comes, you can go out with a bang. By doing......
Lesson Learned: How to Lose Over 100k in One Year
My client was a 62-year-old male who worked for one of the major factories in the city. This company was offering buyouts for all of their hourly employees. Most of these employees had worked for the company for 20-30 years, so everyone was very excited......