Ensuring a comfortable retirement isn’t easy. It requires a lot of planning — and a lot of saving. Many people are even deciding to continue working part-time after they’ve retired to supplement their income. Are you on track for retirement? At what age do you plan to retire? What are your plans for after retirement? […]
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I’ve been reading and writing about personal finance for more than thirteen years. In that time, I’ve consumed a lot of books about money. Lately, I’ve found that it’s fun to revisit old favorites. Recently, for instance, I’ve been re-reading Brett Wilder’s The Quiet Millionaire [my review]. It’s different than most personal finance books. It’s […]
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I like to travel. Over the past decade, I’ve probably made an average of two international trips per year. But you know what? Never once in that time have I tried to track how much I spend while exploring the world. Sure, I log my numbers in Quicken (as I do for everything), but I’ve […]
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Your Money Working Harder The average American with credit card debt carries a balance of approximately $6,354, according to USA Today. But the news is even worse in some states like Alaska, New Mexico, and Louisiana, according to an analysis of credit card debt from creditcards.com. Consumers in these three states carried an average of […]
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Wise Bread Picks Join our Tweetchat Thursday, 5/30 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific/ 3p.m. Eastern for lively conversation and a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card or one of two $50 Amazon gift cards! Use #WBChat and #afinlitfuture to participate. This week’s topic: Financial Education for Kids! Learn about why teaching children about finance […]
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Hello, friends. I have returned from France and recovered from jetlag. (I’m not good with jetlag.) Later this week, I’ll publish an article about how much my cousin Duane and I spent during our ten-day drive across Normandy and Brittany, but today I want to share one small epiphany I had on the trip. I […]
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Doing whatever exercises you feel like, whenever you feel like it, keeps you active, sure. But if you have fitness goals you’d like to achieve, using a workout plan will make your exercise sessions much more effective and allow you to reach your goals more quickly. Do you use a workout plan? What are your […]
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Wise Bread Picks Join our Tweetchat this Thursday at 12:00 pm Pacific for lively conversation and a chance to win one of two $10 Amazon GCs! Use #WBChat to participate. This week’s topic: Financial Tips for New Grads! Learn about career advice, saving on housing, tackling student loan debt, and more! Let us know what you […]
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