If you ever contemplated retirement, you certainly have asked yourself this question: “How much money do I need in my nest egg in order to be able to quit working and have my financial needs met?”  Is a million dollars enough?  Or do you need two million or more?  As you might have suspected there [...]

A recent article by Laura Rowley in her Money and Happiness column on Yahoo discusses The Question of Measuring Financial Progress.  In the article she argues that measuring Net Worth is more of a feel-good exercise than a true measure of financial goals.  She supports her argument with an example of her children’s college savings [...]

Most people have some level of expertise in a particular subject.   If you just look back at your life experience, you have learned a great deal, no matter what you do or where your life journey has taken you.  Simply by the fact that you are reading this article I can tell that you have a [...]

A report from the Labor Department this week says that the current competition for jobs is the steepest since the beginning of the recession.  For every open position, there is on average 6.3 people competing for the same opportunity.  The reality of the pain associated with a recession really hits home when you lose your [...]

Your credit scope is one of the most important financial metrics that you should keep track of.  As a key measure of your credit worthiness,  it impacts your ability to get loans and other kinds of credits, and determines how much you will pay for the credit that you can get.
The most commonly used credit [...]