Lea Ann
How’s That New Year’s Resolution Going?
Has your New Year’s Resolution bit the dust yet? Mid-February is right about the time I can find a space in the gym parking lot again. Despite noodling over various good ideas, I struggled this year to come up with a New Year’s Resolution. In fact, January 1 has come and gone and I’m still [...]
Attacking the Net
When it comes to your finances, are you on offense or defense? Me, I’ve always been a defensive player by nature. I was never the one sprinting down the court for a fast break to the basket. But I was usually the defensive player who intercepted the pass and got it to that point guard [...]
The Least Dirty Shirt in the Basket
Remember when you were in college and you never did your laundry? Something came up and you would rummage through the dirty clothes basket to pull out the least dirty, least wrinkled, least smelly shirt to wear at the last minute? Knowing that your mother would be horrified? Well, that’s what it’s like right now [...]
Flexibility is the New Retirement
I read the obits today. Actually I read them every day – not because I think I’m going to know someone who died, but because the Boston Globe has a quirky take on just who gets a quarter page spread each morning. I’ve noticed two trends over time. One is that more and more people [...]
Have You Had “The Talk” with Your Parents?
It’s not enough that we have to psych ourselves up for “The Talk” with our pre-teen kids these days. More and more of us are also having to have a different kind of Talk with our aging parents. This Talk (with a capital “T”) actually involves more asking than telling on our part. As [...]
Home Sweet Home
U8CAGAZ3DQ65 As I was recently perusing my homeowner’s insurance policy (yes, financial planners do that sort of thing) I got to thinking. What exactly does this cover? If you took out a mortgage when you bought your house you were required to have homeowner’s insurance. The bank wasn’t about to loan you money without knowing [...]
Building Wealth One Month at a Time
Tired of cinching that proverbial belt ever tighter? The last two years have been all about cutting expenses and doing without, havent’ they? Well I say – maybe it’s time to shift from cutting out the lattes to getting a cut of the coffee profits. If you are ready to take advantage of your new [...]
5 Financial Resolutions for the New Year
So much for my New Year’s Resolution. Committed to being on time this year, I’m just now getting around to this post. If you too have already started backsliding on your own resolutions, consider this: Experts say it takes 21 days for a new habit to form. Personally, I think it takes at least 3 [...]
Be Green or Be Mean?
It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to helping others. And, as an investor, that can often mean looking for investments that “do good”. But avoiding the “sin stocks” – alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and oil (yes, oil is now a sin in some circles) can have you lagging the market for years to [...]
Should I Insure My Child?
They are precious, aren’t they? But unlike the new house you build with proceeds from your homeowner’s insurance, they are also irreplaceable. So why do so many employer plans offer supplemental life insurance for your children? It might be a way for the insurance company to make a little more money, but I suspect the [...]
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