Category Archives: Money Mag

Cut your health care bills at any age

You managed to glide through your twenties and thirties without any major health issues. Yet, as the calendar pages turn, you’re finding that a host of minor — and perhaps a few major — medical problems keep cropping up. The doctor shakes her head when she sees your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.
Personal finance advice, ideas – Money Magazine

Should I stop funding my Roth?

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The real costs of starting a business

How can you beat the odds if you want to join the boomerpreneur boom and start your own company after 50? MONEY put that question to small-business experts and dozens of fiftysomething entrepreneurs for their best advice.
Personal finance advice, ideas – Money Magazine

Buying a business after 50

As a regional director for Aflac insurance, Stephanie Ringer had built her Louisville sales team into one of the top in Kentucky. One of her secrets for keeping her staff motivated? Holding brainstorming sessions in a local meeting space called WorkShop. She found that the center — with its whiteboards, comfy couches, and crazy toys like hula hoops — fueled productive sessions. So when WorkShop’s owners put the business up for sale in 2007, Ringer, then 46, decided to buy it.
Personal finance advice, ideas – Money Magazine

49% of Americans saving zilch for retirement

America has a serious problem saving for retirement.
Retirement advice and news – CNNMoney.com

When family leave is a must

You’re not normally one to let your personal life interfere with work, but when you’re ducking out of the office a few times a week to take Dad to dialysis or your kid to physical therapy, it’s tough to get everything done to your usual standard.
Personal finance advice, ideas – Money Magazine

Should I take advantage of no income to convert to a Roth?

Retirement advice and news – CNNMoney.com

Should I take advantage of no income to convert to a Roth?

Retirement advice and news – CNNMoney.com

5 ways to get best travel deals

Rising fuel prices and a reviving economy are pushing prices up. Here are five new strategies to get an affordable vacation.
Personal finance advice, ideas – Money Magazine

‘Should my 401(k) hold company stock?’

I work for a Fortune 500 company that matches my 401(k) contributions in company stock, which I can then re-allocate to other investments every quarter if I wish. Given that I won’t retire for several decades and I think my company has great growth potential, how much of my 401(k) do you think I should have in my company’s stock? John, Minneapolis, Minn.
Retirement advice and news – CNNMoney.com