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Top 4 Easy Ways to Save Money Every Month in Your Budget

Most people do not think that they have enough money to save for retirement. I can remember asking my mother if she had any investments, stocks, bonds, and the like as a little boy. She told me that we barely pay the bills, let alone invest for retirement. I’m here to tell you that everyone can find easy ways to save money from funds leftover in their budget to begin investing. The real problem is if you want to make room in your budget. Do you want to do without 200 cable channels? Do you want to skip the trip to the coffee bar every morning and brew your coffee yourself? Many people say no, and that is why they … Read more

Benefits And Drawbacks Of Money Market Funds

by Hank Coleman

Money market funds are a lot like money market accounts and provide investors a little more return for their investment rather than just parking their hard earned money in a standard bank savings account. Money market funds are important pieces of the short-term credit markets and can be an excellent addition to an investor’s portfolio. Money market funds provide investors an great alternative to simply holding cash. They are great short term cash investments. Money market funds are deposit accounts that earn interest by investing in short-term, low-risk investments such as U.S. Treasuries, short-term bonds, certificates of deposit, and other conservative investment products that have very little risk of principle loss. Money market funds are a mutual fund that focuses … Read more

What Is Dollar Cost Averaging? – Advantages and Drawbacks

by Hank Coleman

Dollar cost averaging is a well established, tested, and extremely reliable approach to accumulate wealth. An investor who wants to put a lump sum of money into the stock market or mutual funds is wise to invest the money over a period of time in equal installments in order to avoid the devastating effect of a drop in the stock or mutual fund’s share price immediately after investing a single, lump-sum investment. What Is Dollar Cost Averaging? Dollar cost average, or DCA, involves buying the same dollar amount of an investment at regular intervals over the course of a set period of time. In doing so, the investor will purchase more shares of an investment when the share price … Read more

What Are Good Federal Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness Programs?

by Hank Coleman

Here is the next installment in our the Reader’s Questions Series which highlight questions emailed to me by you, the readers of Money Q&A. Be sure to find out at the end of this article how you can receive a free copy of Dave Ramsey’s book, The Total Money Makeover if your money question is chosen to be featured on an upcoming week’s blog post. A reader recently wrote in with the following question about his student loans and forgiveness. Is there a way to have my federal Stafford Loan forgiven? There are several instances where you may qualify for loan forgiveness of your federal Stafford Loan. What makes up good student loans forgiveness programs? Student Debt Relief also has a great tool for checking student … Read more

How Safe Is Your Money In The Bank? Should You Be Worried?

by Hank Coleman

Is your money safe in a bank? This is the next installment of the readers’ question series on the blog. Here is the next installment in our the Reader’s Questions Series which highlight questions emailed to me by you, the readers of Money Q&A. Be sure to find out at the end of this article how you can receive a free copy of Dave Ramsey’s book, The Total Money Makeover if your money question is chosen to be featured on an upcoming week’s blog post. If you’re not familiar with Dave Ramsey’s book, you should run right out and get it. It is one of my top ten best personal finance books that everyone should read. A reader recently wrote in with the following question about the health and safety … Read more

Should You Pay Taxes For Your Roth Conversion From Investments?

by Hank Coleman

A reader recently wrote in with the following question about converting a 401k retirement plan to a Roth IRA and the tax consequences. Should you pay for the taxes when converting a 401k retirement plan to a Roth IRA from the proceeds of your plan? The short simple answer is no! You should not pay for your taxes from money that was in your retirement plans during a Roth conversion. Taxes On Your Roth Conversion You will have to pay taxes when you convert a 401k retirement plan to a Roth IRA. If you use money that was once in your 401k and you are not 59 ½ years old at the time of withdraw, you will not only owe … Read more