by Jay Beattey | May 19, 2014 | Articles, Retirement, Wealth Building
Chances are – you’ve looked at your 401k (or similar) statement lately and noticed that it has gone up in value. Congratulations! But on further inspection, is that growth a result of your wise investing decisions – or is something else going on? Before you...
by Jay Beattey | Apr 15, 2014 | Articles, Personal Finance, Retirement
Now that tax-season is in the rearview mirror, it may seem that you paid more than normal – or that your usually fat refund lost a little of its girth this year. Well taxes did go up – again. There are so many sneaky ways for our government to increase taxes …...
by Jay Beattey | Mar 28, 2014 | Articles, Millennials, Personal Finance, Retirement
As a supposed personal finance expert, I’ve seen my share of credit horror stories – that often takes years to repair. As my kids prepared for college a few years ago – they started getting credit card offers by the droves. I was very deliberate in advising...
by Jay Beattey | Mar 20, 2014 | Articles, Personal Finance, Retirement, Uncategorized, Wall Street, Wealth Building
It seems to be a universal canine attribute that dogs just love to chase cars. But I wonder if the dog has ever considered what it would do if it were to catch the car? When we invest, our goal is to grow our money. But growing investments are a little like the dog...
by Jay Beattey | Mar 12, 2014 | Articles, Personal Finance, Retirement
When horse-drawn wagons journeyed their way up mountains in the old west, cowboys would put a “wheel-chock” behind the wagon wheels when they stopped to rest. Without brakes as we know them – that wheel chock – usually just a rock or a chunk of wood – could...
by Jay Beattey | Mar 6, 2014 | Articles, Millennials, Personal Finance, Retirement
More and more I find the Wall Streeters are brainwashing people into believing they’re paying no fees and commissions to invest. In fact, many of them debate the point vigorously! Here’s my open letter to two of them. · Dear Daughter: Company sponsored plans...
