How to Set and Keep Your Financial Priorities

How to Set and Keep Your Financial Priorities

Because money plays such an important role in our lives, we must establish clear financial priorities.  While money won’t bring us happiness, a lack of money can most certainly bring stress and anxiety. It’s also really hard to think about the big picture and to...
A Practical User’s Guide to Qualified Accounts

A Practical User’s Guide to Qualified Accounts

Qualified accounts are the primary way we save for retirement but it wasn’t always that way. In 1875, the American Express Company developed the first private pension in the United States. Prior to that, the military and government had been providing pensions...
How Much Cash on Hand Should you Have?

How Much Cash on Hand Should you Have?

A rule of thumb for both businesses and individuals is to have at least three to six months’ worth of expenses in cash on hand.  For a CFO (Chief Financial Officer), cash can be as important as profit. Without cash, business operations won’t be able to...
Saving and Investing Like a CFO

Saving and Investing Like a CFO

Saving and investing are two of the most important things we do with our money. There’s a lot we can learn from how Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) do it.  It’s a CFOs job to invest corporate assets (or decide not to). They must manage today’s financial needs and...
Taking a Business-Like Approach to Your Time Horizon

Taking a Business-Like Approach to Your Time Horizon

The Securities and Exchange Commission defines time horizon as, “Your time horizon is the number of months, years, or decades you need to invest to achieve your financial goal.” You and I have enough time to do most everything we want. But we don’t have time to waste....