Financial planning can take a backseat, especially when things seem to be going well! However, as you progress in your career, it is important to make progress on your investing goals. As your retirement accounts grow from contributions, you want to make sure that it is invested for success as well.
Financial Check Up: What’s Next for Your Savings?
Financial planning can take a backseat, especially when things seem to be going well! However, as you progress in your career, it is important to continue monitoring and improving your financial health by expanding into other important savings categories such as ROTH retirement accounts, college savings, and HSAs for medical expenses.
Early Intervention: Your First 401(k) Contribution
With student loan debt looming over your head and a new paycheck that doesn’t seem like enough after Uncle Sam takes his cut, it can be hard to think about saving early in your career. However, saving for retirement can have the most impact NOW, while compounding interest has time to grow your accounts.
Swallowing the Pill: How to Handle Student Loan Debt
Med school is expensive and student loans are a fact of life for many professionals in healthcare, such as doctors, pharmacists, hospital administrators, nurses, clinical social workers, and physician assistants. Once you start working, it is important to make a plan to address student loan debt, whether through student loan forgiveness or a repayment plan.
We’ve Been Here the Whole Time:
Women’s Presence in Investing
Despite the stereotypical image of an investor as a man, women have been significantly involved since the dawn of the stock market. From funding Jamestown to the modern ETF portfolio, women’s involvement as investors and shareholders has shaped today’s financial landscape.
Set Your Standards
We’ve talked before about the importance of increasing your salary. Advocating for yourself can provide the flexibility necessary to allow you to stay in the workforce as your life changes. This allows you to retain your salary and continue contributing to your savings.
Make the Case
One way to protect and grow your income is to advocate for yourself at work. This starts before you even step foot into your new workplace and continues throughout your whole career.
Self-Advocacy:
Your Financial Plan’s Secret Weapon
Your income is usually one of the first building blocks of your financial plan. One way to protect and grow your income is to advocate for yourself at work. Our new series, “Brave New World – Financial Advice for the 21st Century gives you actionable steps you can take to find success in 2024, not 1984.
Financial To-Do List
The start of a new year is the perfect time to review and assess your financial well-being. Taking the time to evaluate how your financial situation has evolved can help ensure you are still on track to reach your goals.
How to Plan for the IRS & SSA Policy Changes
Rising costs and high inflation are changing how much we pay for things. Federal organizations such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration are updating their policies to combat the squeeze on American wallets.
What is Tax-Loss Harvesting?
The leaves are changing colors and the evenings are cooling off as we approach the end of the year. These last few months bring a unique opportunity for investors to decrease their tax burden by harvesting losses in investment accounts. How does this process work? Can you benefit?
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