Archive for category Savings
Why Most American Workers Do NOT Participate in 401(k) s
Posted by jjrusch1 in Consumer Advocacy, Investment, Money Management, Pensions, Planning, Retirement, Savings on March 10, 2012
67 percent of Americans workers aged 21-64 with access to employer-sponsored 401(k)’s do not participate in the pre-tax retirement plan. I was absolutely floored when I read this stat published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. There had to be a typo in there somewhere. (I double checked; there wasn’t.) Virtually then, more than […]
Follow Your Money For Answers
Posted by jjrusch1 in Budgets, Consumer Advocacy, Daily Living, Money Management, Planning, Protection, Savings on February 27, 2012
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than half of the money we spend goes to housing and transportation. Reading about the breakdown of consumer spending, started me wondering… 1) Why do we naturally bristle at the thought of saving money? 2) Why does the discipline of wise money management overwhelm […]
Why Work With An Advisor?
Posted by jjrusch1 in Consumer Advocacy, Healthcare, Investment, Planning, Protection, Retirement, Savings, Social Security on February 16, 2012
There is nothing worse than a home improvement project gone wrong. You waste a ton of time running back and forth to Menards because you know you can do-it-yourself and end up wasting way more money in the long run more often than not. (Been there, done that, more times than I want to […]
Defined Benefit VS. Defined Contribution
Posted by jjrusch1 in Consumer Advocacy, Investment, Pensions, Planning, Retirement, Savings, TAXES on February 1, 2012
In speaking with a client recently, I was asked to describe the difference between Defined Benefit Plans and Defined Contributions Plans. I was a bit taken a back because I assumed these were commonly understood concepts. Investigating further, I discovered my assumption was wrong. The differences between Defined Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Plans […]
Review, Retool & Renew
Posted by jjrusch1 in Consumer Advocacy, Daily Living, Investment, Mortgages, Planning, Protection, Retirement, Savings, TAXES on December 28, 2011
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, […]