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The Amazing State of Your Personal Finances

Posted on April 29, 2011 by petillo — No Comments ↓

We seem to have divided into two groups in this country. I’m not talking about any sort of political divide. I’m referring to the sad state of affairs concerning one group’s personal financial situation and the other group who is…

Tagged with: bankruptcy, credit counseling, debt, financial literacy, personal finance
Posted in debt, financial planning, personal finance, Profitable Investments, Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025

Retirement Planning: The Great UnRaveling

Posted on August 20, 2010 by petillo — No Comments ↓

Suppose you know better? And in many instances, this is what experience is expected to supply us in times of indecision. The knowledge that you understand the consequences of ones actions based on the simple fact that you know in…

Tagged with: 401ks, bankruptcy, early withdrawals, future earnings, hardship loans, income taxes, investments, penalties for withdrawing 401(k) savings, retirement planning
Posted in 401k, financial planning, personal finance, Retirement Planning Target 2025

Does Financial Disaster Teach Us a Lesson?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by petillo — 1 Comment ↓

Each of us knows someone who has experienced a financial disaster in the last two years. Not the sort of sudden destruction that was uninsured or perhaps unexpected. Instead, the sort of financial disatser I am referring to is the…

Tagged with: bankruptcy, credit counseling, debt, financial literacy, personal finance
Posted in Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025