by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Teens and money go hand-in-hand. It’s from your wallet-to-their-wallet that you want to control. Teens are one of life’s challenges. Most teens want to test their parents on just about everything. Maybe it’s in their job description. When it comes to money,...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Pay your taxes, but only what’s owed when it’s owed. Most people pay more taxes than they owe . . . and they pay them before they are due! This doesn’t sound like fun, yet it is repeated in millions of households annually. In the old days (the 80’s),...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Do you know how much your family’s income was growing up? How about today? If you are like most, your answer is probably, “No,” or “I can guess.” I know I didn’t, and still don’t—and I’m over 50 years old! Sometimes I wonder if my father knew how much he made over...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Quick—have you thought about what you will do when your nursing career ends? When you retire, how much money will you need . . . a million dollars? More, much more? Or less? How long will it take you to accumulate the funds to seed your future? What do you want to do...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Contrary to popular belief, women and money do go hand-in-hand. The current perception is that most women continue to be tentative about managing their finances, either online or off, because historically, men have handled the majority of the family’s finances....
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Money $marts
Investing is like gardening—plant seeds, water, cut blooms and remove weeds. Some of the plants flourish, some die. Investing, like flowers, can’t be successful unless a seed is planted. If a weed grows, like a poor investment choice, it needs to be removed. The...
