This Week: August 22nd, 2017

On this week’s episode John Munson filled in for the vacationing Joy Cardin. We discussed who is buying lottery tickets, the right kind of life insurance for young parents, boosting the yield on your checking account money, and deciding whether to fix your old car or buy a new one.

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Spend less, have more!

Kevin McKinley

Previous Journal Entries

August 15th, 2017

We discussed her looming retirement (good for her, but not so much for the rest of us). We talked about the formula you can use to determine if you’re ready to retire, and how to calculate a sustainable spending rate once you’re there. We also...

August 8th, 2017

We discussed how to ask for (and maybe even get) a raise, getting the tax break on Edvest deposits, donor advised funds, and keeping mosquitos away.

August 1st, 2017

Kate Archer Kent sat in for the vacationing Joy Cardin. Kate and I discussed workers’ wages, saving money on capital gains taxes, gearing up for the coming eclipse, and “celebrating” August as “Write a Will Month”.