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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Use the “80/20 Rule” to Focus on Your Big Financial Opportunities
January 13th, 2014 
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No Comments »Want to Reach Your Retirement Savings “Threshold”? Be Sure to Heed the Signs Along the Way!
June 8th, 2013 admin In an earlier piece, with a reference to Albert Einstein, I wrote about “compounding” the compound interest on your retirement savings by making regular contributions. That’s a key first step to ensure a steadily growing savings balance, particularly if there’s an employer match to go along with your contributions. But for that savings growth to […]
Posted in Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Investments, Retirement, Savings, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: 401(k), benefits, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, company match, compounding, financial independence, financial life cycle, invested, Keith Whelan, monthly income, nest egg, retirement, retirement account, savings, savings financial independence, social security, threshold, wait, withdrawing money No Comments »Cash Flow Management Advice from Ben Franklin: Prepare for the Worst
June 3rd, 2013 admin 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, […]
Posted in Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Accumulation, Debt Reduction, Financial Independence, Financial Life Cycle, Financial Planning, Investments, Liabilities, Net Worth, Retirement, Savings, Taxes, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: assets, cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, complete financial independence, daily living expenses, debt, financial independence, financial life cycle, financial management, financial planning, income, Keith Whelan, liabilities, Manage Your Finances, net worth, plan, retirement, Retirement Goal, wealth, wealth accumulation, Wealth and Cash Flow Millionaire Next Door, wealthy 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 »The Impact of our Federal Debt on Your Household’s Net Worth and Cash Flow
November 20th, 2012 admin The Bad News: The Average U.S. Household is Now Bankrupt (Really) As I write this, our federal debt – the sum of many years of annual budget deficits – stands at $16.1 trillion, or about $135,000 per household*. (No, that is not a typo.) As noted in our e-booklet, Wealth is Good, Cash Flow is Better, […]
Posted in Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Reduction, Liabilities, Net Worth, Retirement, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: bankrupt, cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, credit card, debt, deficit, financial independence, financial life cycle, interest, Keith Whelan, monthly payments, net worth, payment, principal, wealth No Comments »Get Ahead of Vehicle Debt by Staggering Purchases
October 22nd, 2012 admin Use the Savings to Speed Past Other Debts I was taught to set goals that are challenging but achievable. Accordingly, I set a goal to keep a car for 12 years before burying it. A few decades ago that would have been unrealistic but thankfully today’s vehicles, if properly maintained, can run for 200,000 miles […]
Cashflownavigator Newsletter – September 2012
October 18th, 2012 admin In This Issue: CASHFLOWNAVIGATOR BLOG: Free Up Cash Flow by Rotating the Use of Your Credit Cards CASHFLOWNAVIGATOR BLOG: Want to Cut College Costs? Start by Looking at the Biggest Slices GUEST BLOG: Suze Orman’s Top Four Money Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make CASHFLOWNAVIGATOR BLOG: Free Up Cash Flow by Rotating the Use […]
Want to Cut College Costs? Start by Looking at the Biggest Slices.
September 19th, 2012 admin It now costs an average of $21,447 a year to attend an in-state public college, and over $42,000 a year for a private college. To make matters worse, these costs are rising rapidly. During the past decade they rose 5.6% per year faster than inflation. (1) That’s a nasty combination, particularly if you’re the one […]
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