Building Wealth

The Most Common 401(k) Mistakes People Make - And How to Fix Them

As a Retirement Plan Advisor for Plancorp, I spend a lot of my days talking to retirement plan...

Building Wealth

Savings Rate or Rate of Return? How to Focus Your Attention for Long-Term Financial Success

As a young professional, one of the best pieces of advice I received was to save and invest 15% of...

Plan For Life

How an Emergency Fund Helped Me Land My Dream Job

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Amen to that, Forrest...

Plan For Life

7 Ways an Emergency Fund Makes You Wealthier

A rainy day fund. A safety net. There are many titles for an emergency fund, but you can consider...

Building Wealth

The Secret to Using Money to Buy Happiness

I’m always excited about getting a new iPhone.

Plan For Life

Student Loan Repayment, Simplified

Graduating from college is a fun and exciting time of life. For most students, this time also means...

Plan For Life

How to Automate Your Finances in 5 Easy Steps

Remember in high school when you had to read The Odyssey? Homer’s epic told the story of Odysseus’...

Investing

Reduce Investing Anxiety by Focusing on This One Value

The first time I went deep-sea fishing I learned a valuable lesson about focus. A few miles out to...

Building Wealth

What You Need to Understand About Owning Bonds

Interest rates have been on the rise since 2013, but the latest move by the 10-year U.S. Treasury...