This article, written by Keith Whelan, was recently posted on Wise Bread’s personal finance site. A number of years ago, when I was working for a big company, we had a team of people working on a project with a fairly simple goal: to keep our customers longer. I knew someone on the team and I […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Spotlight On: The Financial Life Cycle
January 11th, 2012
admin How Our Approach is Different: We Add Cash Flow Most financial planning resources focus on net worth – your assets and liabilities – to measure your finances and define goals. In fact, net worth is a critical measure. But we add a measure for financial independence to the mix. After all, that’s your ultimate goal, […]



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