Improving Your Financial Health

The late Sir John Templeton, founder of Franklin Templeton Investments liked to say, "The Four most expensive words in the English Language are ‘This time it’s Different.’"
Is it really?
The National Bureau of Economic Research states that the United States has weathered a recession in EVERY decade since the 1920′s....

Recently, I wrote an article here titled, It's Not Much, But It's All I Have . This has been a very common reaction among people when talking (or not talking) about their money. We continue to deal with economic uncertainty, and its human nature...

OK, admit it. You've done it too. With the recent rise in the stock market, you've seen your 401(k) balance rise also. You've started to think "Its going up, so everything is fine. It was down for a while, but now its coming back."
Does that sound like you? When you open your 401(k) or IRA statement, do you just look at the total balance and try to figure out if it's up or down? ...

Get A Blanket!
Did you have a "blankie" as a child? Was the "blankie" your contstant companion, protecting you from the forces of evil? No matter what happened, your blanket was there for you.
The late cartoonist, Charles Schulz popularized the image of Linus and his blanket in his Peanuts comic strips and cartoons. You may even remember that Linus was quite skilled at using it. He could catch fly balls, use it as a parachute, and even revive...