Your wedding day is one of the milestones of your life. Many people dream about the perfect wedding for years, but let’s face it—weddings are expensive. Here are some tips to help you have the wedding you always wanted without breaking your budget. Start planning early. Find the dress, book the venue, and choose your…

Happy 2019! Do you make a financial New Year’s resolution only to watch it crumble by Valentine’s Day? Don’t feel bad. Most of us break our resolutions before we’ve finished the Christmas cookies. I want 2019 to be the year you succeed. Next December 31st, I want you to look back and see the progress…

Sometimes, you can dread seeing the envelope of your financial statement. Even when the markets are doing well, you can have that cold feeling that you don’t really know what you are doing. Well, finances don’t have to be spooky. Here are a few tips to keep the monsters away. Always work with a financial…

Nothing is better than fireworks on the 4th of July! Out of seemingly nowhere, bright colors explode in the sky, dazzling everyone who sees them. Then, almost instantly, they are gone. Some investments behave a lot like fireworks. Companies or concepts capture everyone’s attention, and investors are exuberant. They rush to invest only to have…

It’s hard to believe that your summer vacation is less than three months away. We dream about warm beaches, mountain hikes, or shopping in the city, but we don’t like to think about the cost of our week or two of freedom. Here are a few tips to help your summer vacation be the best…

As much as we look forward to the holidays, let’s face it—sometimes they can be stressful. Before you get caught up in all the events, create a strategy so you can have a good time.

  The Equifax data breach is a serious issue that, unfortunately, is still developing. Equifax is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, and initial reports suggest 143 million people may have been impacted.

Everyone loves college football just about as much as they hate organizing their finances. However, the two activities have more in common than you might think. They require a good offense, a solid defense, and some effective special teams. To play financial offense, you have to be proactive with your money. These steps include creating…

This was first published in my newsletter, Money Matters. Email in**@******th.com for a free subscription! Your investment portfolio is a lot like potato salad! Although this doesn’t seem possible, the similarities are amazing. Potato salad has many ingredients; some taste good by themselves, and some don’t. Your investment portfolio also has many different asset classes…

Do I Make Myself Clear: Why Writing Well Matters, written by Harold Evans, is an outstanding new book on the importance of good writing that both beginning and experienced writers will find useful. Evans provides concrete tools and guidance that allow authors to edit their own writing for issues like word choice and sentence structure…