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Hows Your Will?
I’m sorry to have to remind you of this fact, but, like it or not, you are going to die! if you haven’t already decided what will happen to your stuff when you go, you should make a will today.……
Category: Finances Tip on how to manage money
Make This New Year Your Best Year Ever
Building Walls. In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about building a wall on the border between the USA and Mexico. One side of the argument says “it’s immoral to build a wall there.” The other side……
Surviving Financially in Retirement?
The Main Question. When I was about 45 my accountant asked me how much money I needed in retirement. I had never thought about that question, so my answer was around half of what I earned then. He looked puzzled……
Planning the best retirement ever
Let me start by stating the obvious. Life, at any stage, should never be defined by money. Despite the Beatles singing “Give me money – that’s all I want,” it is NOT all you want! Yet, if you Google “retirement……
How much do you really need to retire?
Our society has brainwashed us into think that if we have the right financial plan in retirement, then everything else will work out. Unfortunately that’s just not true. There are many other things that can hurt you in retirement much……
Making a smart list
Make a Simple Smart List First. Have you ever had the need for a list of something but needed more than you could get if you wrote it down on paper? Like a shopping list that adds up all the……
Cash Benefits of Retirement
In retirement you can have more time and choice to do things differently. Simply put, if you worked eight hours a day and traveled for two hours then you have 50 hours extra a week coming your way. You can use……
Your Vital Records
The End. There was a public discussion recently of how to handle someone’s Facebook identity when they die. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I had to do a funeral for someone last week, I have been thinking about……
Get Out of Debt – NOW
I know I have written many times about how finances are not the major issue in retirement but for one group of people, finances are much more serious than others. That group are the people who retire with debts hanging……
Avoiding the Assets Test – Solar Power?
The Problem If you are effected by the Centrelink or other Government assets test, you know your pension goes down the more assets you have. Unfortunately you have few options to solve this problem. You can and should, revalue your……
Tip on how to manage money
Make This New Year Your Best Year Ever
Building Walls. In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about building a wall on the border between the USA and Mexico. One side of the argument says “it’s immoral to build a wall there.” The other side……
Surviving Financially in Retirement?
The Main Question. When I was about 45 my accountant asked me how much money I needed in retirement. I had never thought about that question, so my answer was around half of what I earned then. He looked puzzled……
Planning the best retirement ever
Let me start by stating the obvious. Life, at any stage, should never be defined by money. Despite the Beatles singing “Give me money – that’s all I want,” it is NOT all you want! Yet, if you Google “retirement……
How much do you really need to retire?
Our society has brainwashed us into think that if we have the right financial plan in retirement, then everything else will work out. Unfortunately that’s just not true. There are many other things that can hurt you in retirement much……
Making a smart list
Make a Simple Smart List First. Have you ever had the need for a list of something but needed more than you could get if you wrote it down on paper? Like a shopping list that adds up all the……
Cash Benefits of Retirement
In retirement you can have more time and choice to do things differently. Simply put, if you worked eight hours a day and traveled for two hours then you have 50 hours extra a week coming your way. You can use……
Your Vital Records
The End. There was a public discussion recently of how to handle someone’s Facebook identity when they die. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I had to do a funeral for someone last week, I have been thinking about……
Get Out of Debt – NOW
I know I have written many times about how finances are not the major issue in retirement but for one group of people, finances are much more serious than others. That group are the people who retire with debts hanging……
Avoiding the Assets Test – Solar Power?
The Problem If you are effected by the Centrelink or other Government assets test, you know your pension goes down the more assets you have. Unfortunately you have few options to solve this problem. You can and should, revalue your……