Do You Have a Spending Plan?

Unless you’ve been living in a cave on a remote island in the Pacific (one without wireless access), you have probably heard a lot of talk among various parties trying to agree on a sustainable spending plan—and I am not talking about your friends or neighbors next door, but the state [...]

Designing an Investment Portfolio

I just needed a quick stop in the supermarket to pick up a few things. My daughter groaned, “I’ll wait in the car.” I pulled into the empty parking space next to the cart corral and quickly walked into the Superstore.  All I needed was toothpaste, a box of cereal, some [...]

It’s all in your hands

Spring-cleaning for most women entails cleaning out the closets, discarding mismatched gloves, and sending the wool overcoats to the cleaners. But for others it takes a more personal turn. It involves reevaluating their life goals and relationships. Looking closely at where we are and where we would like to be allows us to take action [...]

Home Buy: Numbers

“$941.00!” I shouted with bill in hand. It was February, 1984 and we had just returned from a weekend with family to find not only two feet of snow in our driveway (unshoveled) but an oil bill in the mailbox. When we were contemplating buying our first home, the size of the [...]