Way back in the ‘60s the TV show “Bewitched” was mandatory viewing for baby boomers like me. After all, how could you resist a series that regularly showcased the latest model sports cars (Chevrolet sponsored the show), driven by two completely different looking husbands with the same name, while also featuring guest appearances by Napoleon, […]
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Cash Flow Management Advice from Ben Franklin: Prepare for the Worst
June 3rd, 2013 
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1 Comment »Avoid “Penalty Fee Grief” with Skillful Use of Bill Payment Tools
February 15th, 2013 admin Swiss American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross discovered that we all tend to go through five stages of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. These stages were originally associated with people who are suffering from terminal illness, but since then they’ve been found to apply more broadly to other types of loss, including financial loss. And […]
Posted in Asset Accumulation, Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Reduction, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Financial Planning, Liabilities, Net Worth, Savings, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: bill pay, bounced check fees, budget management, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, checking account, credit line, daily living expenses, financial independence, financial life cycle, float, Keith Whelan, online checking, overdraft, penalty fees, variable living expenses No Comments »The Secret to Winning at Monopoly™
January 9th, 2013 admin The Famous Board Game Offers Lessons on Real Estate’s Rewards – and Risks Monopoly is one of the most popular board games of the past century. And why not? It gives you the opportunity to acquire wealth in form of real estate AND to generate cash flow not just from the properties but by also […]
Posted in Asset Accumulation, Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Accumulation, Debt Reduction, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Financial Planning, Investments, Liabilities, Net Worth, Savings, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, debt, financial independence, financial life cycle, income, investment, Keith Whelan, leverage, Monopoly, wealth No Comments »Wealth and Cash Flow Lessons from The Millionaire Next Door
December 13th, 2012 admin Attitudes and Behaviors of the Affluent – How do you Compare? Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko have met with and conducted research among wealthy Americans since the early 1970s. As the title of their first book The Millionaire Next Door suggests, the profile of a typical millionaire might surprise you. For example, most […]
Posted in Asset Accumulation, Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Reduction, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Financial Planning, Liabilities, Net Worth, Retirement, Savings, Uncategorized, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, financial independence, financial life cycle, income, investments, Keith Whelan, millionaire, rich, wealth, Wealth and Cash Flow Millionaire Next Door, wealthy No Comments »Getting Ahead Early, Part 3: Moving Forward in the Financial Life Cycle with the Help of Rental Income
June 29th, 2012 admin Creating a Cash Flow Source in Your 20s or 30s OK, so let’s say you’re in your 20s and with the help of a family savings and investment account (see Part 2 of this series) you have little or no debt and $20-25,000 in liquid accounts (savings, stock). What can you do to build on […]
Getting Ahead Early, Part 2: Open a “Team Savings & Investment Account”
June 25th, 2012 admin The previous article on this topic focused on how important it is for young adults to “outrun” debt and move quickly from Debt Accumulation to the Asset Accumulation stage of the Financial Life Cycle. The name of the game is to get a good head start… to move through the early stages of the life […]
Posted in Asset Accumulation, Debt Accumulation, Debt Reduction, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Financial Planning Tags: asset accumulation, banking, cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, children's saving, compound interest, debt, debt accumulation, financial independence, financial life cycle, investment, Keith Whelan, savings, stocks, student loan No Comments »Cash Flow is Better, But Wealth is Still Good
May 31st, 2012 admin You Need Both to Complete the Picture You might have noticed that we devote much of our time and attention to the topic of cash flow. It’s the lead subject of our e-booklet, a key component of our measurement tool, and is regularly featured in our blog articles. We do this in large part because […]
Posted in Cash Flow, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Net Worth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: annuity, assets, cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, CDs, dividends, financial independence, financial life cycle, income streams, Keith Whelan, liabilities, net worth, retirement, wealth No Comments »Unsure About Retirement Account Contributions? Consider Einstein’s Theory.
May 31st, 2012 admin Compounding Compound Interest I’ve always admired Albert Einstein. After all, he was a fairly intelligent fellow. In science, he changed our understanding of light and of gravity, helped prove the existence of molecules, and explained the nature of space and time. In politics, he was influential as a promoter of peace and freedom. All in […]
Getting Ahead Early, part 1: Outrun the Debt (or Don’t Be In A Pickle!)
May 31st, 2012 admin In an earlier article I quoted James Taylor, but since the topic here is youth let’s borrow a line from James’s younger brother Livingston: “I could barely hobble when I needed to run.” What’s the connection? Well, when it comes to their finances, hobbling is what most of our children find themselves doing as they […]
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