An article by BudgetQueen What is stopping you from investing in your 401K? Is it possible that you are contributing too much to your 401K? Is a 401K always the best investment for you? Well let’s sit down and talk… A lot of people have fears about investing in today’s economy. Or perhaps you had a 401K once and you cashed it in, or lost a lot of money on it so you quit investing. Or if you have a 401K believe it or not, you may be even contributing too much to it! Regardless, a 401K is an … [Read more...]
Help! My sibling is a mooch!
Dear Christine, My brother is 41 and he has been using people his whole life – and he gets away with it. He often gets my dad to pay his rent. He gets his girlfriend to buy him plane tickets. He even once charged my mom to plant flowers in her yard when she injured her back on Mother’s Day! I know that you are going to tell me that it is none of my business – most people do. But my parents are spending so much money on him when they can’t really afford it. I am also worried that he will never … [Read more...]
Do I need life insurance?
An article by BudgetQueen My dad purchased a whole life insurance policy for me when I was very young. As I grew up the cash money that accumulated added to cover all of the expenses for my Bachelors Degree at the state university. My dad is also doing the same for my children. Am I grateful? Absolutely. Is it still a good idea to use whole life insurance to save up for college? Well let’s talk about some of the savings benefits of life insurance, and the other things that life insurance can do … [Read more...]
Is now the best time to buy a house?
When I bought a house for the first time 15 years ago, the best mortgage rate I could get on my $130,000 fixer-upper (with a $10,000 down payment) was 6.8% fixed. That didn’t sound so bad at the time – mostly because that was the lowest rate available. I soon realized that if I used the full 30 years to pay it off, with compounding interest, I would have ended up paying over $302,500! That is well over double the amount of the original price of my house. Fortunately I was able to refinance over … [Read more...]
Reviewing Bank Of Texas CD Accounts
When reviewing various CD accounts that are available it is important to compare interest rates and several other things that can make a CD account stand out. Here are some of the key points to consider and why you might want to consider a Bank of Texas CD account.Current rates show that Bank of Texas CDs are some the highest out there! The rates are sitting at about .75% (5 years), which is pretty good when you compare them to other that are merely about .60%. It is a good idea to look into … [Read more...]
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