by Kim Hall | Jun 13, 2023 | Financial Planning
June is vacation time for many Americans – but what do those vacations really cost? It may be more than you think! What is the average cost of a one-week vacation per person in the U.S.? Ready for the answer? According to a recent article from BankRate, the...
by Kim Hall | May 4, 2023 | Decision Making, risk
Switching careers doesn’t feel like that big of a deal when you’re younger – you still feel invincible and you don’t have many people relying on you. Later in life, when you may have a spouse or children or a mortgage (or all three), changing jobs involves more risk....
by Kim Hall | May 2, 2023 | Trivia
Mother’s Day is one of the top holidays Americans spend the most money on – but where does it fall in the top five? Ready for the answer? According to the National Retail Foundation, Mother’s Day comes in second, right after Christmas....
by Kim Hall | Apr 26, 2023 | Financial Planning
When it comes to investing, people often want to know what the safest options are. After all, it’s your hard-earned money on the line – and while investing is a must for most who want to retire one day, it can be hard to swallow the risk. But the reality is that...
by Kim Hall | Apr 19, 2023 | Retirement
Inflation has been all over the news the last couple years. In 2021, the annual inflation rate was 7% – the highest it had been since 1981. In 2022, it dropped a little bit to 6.5% – still well above the average inflation rate of 3.8%. Now here we are kicking off Q2...