I thought I’d take a peak at my Roth IRA and see how it was performing. My wife and I have four primary retirement funds. I have a 403b through work, she has a pension plan through her work, and we both have Roth IRAs. I’d breakdown my investment philosophy thusly: Pension Plan: My wife’s plan will provide guaranteed retirement…
Author: NCN
The 88th Edition Of The Carnival Of Debt Reduction Hosted By No Credit Needed
Welcome to the 88th Edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction. If you are new here, I’m “NCN” which stands for No Credit Needed. My long-term personal finance goal is to live my life “No Credit Needed”. I’m trying to live my life without ever borrowing money! Before you read any further, take a second to subscribe to No Credit…
Breaking Down A Goal Into Micro-Goals
I’m a big fan of creating personal finance goals. I like to create a goal and then break that goal down into manageable micro-goals. As an example, let’s say that I wanted to save $12,000 (a rather large sum of money) next year. My initial goal would look like this: In 2008 I will save $12,000. I don’t know about…