Smart portfolio moves for your retirement years
For most of your working years, your investment strategies, by and large, will probably revolve around achieving sufficient growth to help you meet your long-term goals, such as …
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Take steps to prevent identity theft
Identity theft is big business. In fact, each year, billions of dollars – thats billions, with a b – is lost to identity theft, according to the Federal …
Signs, signs everywhere theres signs…
Baytown is considering a new tax (they call it a fee) that would require you to have a permit to hold a garage sale. Five bucks for the …
Change at the chamber
We want to make the Chamber better by bringing in a variety of new businesses while keeping the old. This is the answer the Star-Courier received from the …
When changing jobs, dont shortchange your 401(k)
Your 401(k) plan can be a major component of your retirement savings. As you know, your 401(k) offers several different investment options and the chance to accumulate tax-deferred …
Remembering Columbia
For the past five years I have written about this same subject in early February and probably will be doing that for some time to come. February 1st …
This Valentines Day, give a present with a future
Any Valentines Day gift is thoughtful. Still, most of these presents have fairly short shelf lives – flowers fade, chocolates get eaten and those little candy hearts that …
Chilly Chili
A city on the west coast has instituted a tax in excess of twenty-five cents on each plastic bag utilized. Sounds excessive but something needs to be done …
The gift behind the gift
By Angie Liang Instead of gaming consoles, iPods or new DVDs for Christmas, I wanted something a little different. Upon my request, my mom bought me a pair …
When can you start tapping into sources of retirement income?
When you retire, it would be convenient if all your expenses were to retire as well. But they wont. In fact, youll likely need between 80 percent and …