retirement

Maybe We’ll Pass on That Pension

by Christina Brown February 23, 2010

When my husband started his career as an employee of the State of Minnesota (he’s a community college instructor), he was given two options for a retirement plan. One option was a teacher pension fund (which guarantees a set dollar amount each year when you retire based on your years of experience and salary when [...]

Free Professional Financial Advice

by Christina Brown January 12, 2009

And no, it’s not the Northern Cheapskate-type of advice! It’s FREE financial advice from professional financial advisors. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors will be offering FREE financial advice from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, January 13 and Friday, January 30. These professionals (who normally cost [...]

Review: Retire Happy: What You Can Do NOW to Guarantee a Great Retirement

by Christina Brown May 3, 2008

I must admit that as a thirty-something person, I haven’t read a lot of retirement books. I’ve read my share of news and magazine articles on the subject, and I’ve read books on investing, but not on retirement. I recently read “Retire Happy: What You Can Do NOW to Guarantee a Great Retirement” by Richard [...]

You can’t afford to wait

by Christina Brown February 22, 2008

I recently had a relative scoff at me and my husband for meeting with our financial advisor. This relative… who is a lot closer to the age of 50 than I am, has ZERO dollars saved for retirement. She says that she can’t afford to save money for retirement… that she’s “investing in the phone [...]