Entries by IslerNW

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U.S. Employers Only Added 148,000 Jobs in December but That’s a Good Sign

Article by Christopher S. Rugaber | Found on INC.COM U.S. employers added 148,000 jobs in December, a modest gain but still enough to suggest that the economy entered the new year with solid momentum. The unemployment rate  remained 4.1 percent for a third straight month, the lowest levelsince 2000, the Labor Department said Friday. For all of 2017, employers added nearly […]

How do I create a long-term financial plan?

Article by Julia Carpenter | Found on CNN Q: How do I create a lifelong finance plan and how much money will I need for all of those things? Emergency fund, wedding, buying a house, retirement, college savings for my future kids (how much do kids cost?), elder care for my parents (god forbid, but just […]

7 Financial Steps To Take Before The Year Is Over

Article by Scott Spann | Found on Forbes It’s safe to say that you will start to hear a lot of talk about New Year’s resolutions over the course of the next few weeks. Since money and wealth are integrated into many aspects of the life journey, it isn’t too surprising that financial resolutions are generally […]

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Changes to the Child Tax Credit: What it Means for Families

Article by Lydia DePillis | Found on CNN.com Parents will get twice as large of a tax credit for each child next year, under a compromise hammered out by the House and Senate Friday — although other changes to the bill mitigate the impact of that tax break. The GOP’s tax overhaul bill doubles the current child tax […]

3 Things Colleges Don’t Tell You About Financial Aid

Article by Bill Carmody | Found on INC.COM If you’ve been reading my Inc column for the past 3 years or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m on a mission to help a million people become millionaires. Your wealth is very important to me, especially since half of Americans can’t come up with $400 in an […]

Oops! Top Leaders Share Their Worst Career Mistakes

Article by Betty Liu | Found on INC.COM We are told mistakes happen and that we should to get over them as soon as they occur which is pretty sound advice. But some career mistakes can haunt us for years and cause severe damage. So why not avoid them in the first place?

3 Tips for Serial Entrepreneurs to Safeguard Their Own and Their Employees’ Retirement Security

Article by Nathan Fisher | Found on Entrepreneur Working professionals can take a lot for granted about a job: the hours, the steady paycheck, the retirement plan. But serial entrepreneurs don’t enjoy such guarantees: They’re busy trading stability for the chance to build something new and valuable. In my work running an investments/401(K) company, I’ve met many entrepreneurs […]