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A note on timing. This post covers 2023, and it’s reaching you late. We’re catching up on the annual budgets after a multi-year gap. The 2024, 2025, and 2026 annuals will follow. If 2022 was the proof of our return to travel, 2023 was the year we showed it wasn’t a fluke. We spent $57,228. That’s essentially flat vs 2022, down $211 (0.4%). After a 12% jump in 2022, holding steady felt like a win. […]
Typically, retirement is the last and most important financial goal for most families. Before retirement, the kids would have started working and sometimes married too. However, this dynamic is fast-shifting because normal retirement is no longer at 60. It is now 50- 55. Additionally, an increasing number of people are getting married and having children… The post How can I plan for goals after retirement? appeared first on freefincal.
A retirement budget can look balanced while overlooking annual bills, unexpected home repairs, rising healthcare costs, and changing lifestyle expenses. Building separate reserves for irregular costs can help prevent those expenses from derailing everyday spending – Shutterstock A retirement budget can survive months of careful planning and still get knocked sideways by a water heater, an insurance bill, or an unexpected trip to the dentist. Nothing particularly extravagant happened. Nobody bought a yacht. Yet somehow, […]
Cheese is one of those grocery items that can become surprisingly expensive, especially when purchased in several different forms. A shopper might grab shredded cheese for tacos, sliced cheese for sandwiches, and individually wrapped portions for snacks without thinking much about the total. But buying multiple convenience versions of the same basic ingredient can add up. One of the easiest ways to reduce that expense is to pay attention to how the cheese is packaged […]
Welcome back to my series on the great retirement book The Retire Sooner Method: The 5 Secrets Behind America’s Happiest (and Unhappiest) Retirees So far we’ve had the following posts in this series: The Retire Sooner Method: Overview The Retire Sooner Method: Overview, Part 2 The Retire Sooner Method: Secret #1, The Money Green Zone The Retire Sooner Method: Secret #1, The Money Green Zone, Part 2 The Retire Sooner Method: Secret #2, Core Pursuits […]
Going on a trip with another person can reveal differences that don’t come up in everyday life. You might agree on where you want to go and how long you want to stay, then spend an entire evening discussing whether to book a guided tour or explore on your own. One likes knowing where they’ll be each day, with reservations made and transportation arranged. The other finds that much planning restrictive. They want time to […]
T. Rowe Price runs the 529 plan for the state of Alaska, and they have been improving it over the past several years such that it is now one of the top nationwide plans (for those without a signifiant in-state tax break favoring their in-state plan). Morningstar just rated it Gold for 2026 again. (My personal favorite remains the Utah My529 plan, rated Gold for many years and with the lowest expenses of all Gold-rated […]
On Friday, November 13th, I presented Taxes and Tax Planning during the “101” portion of the annual Bogleheads Conference. Since I consider all the Bogleheads who attend the 101 presentations to have attended good high schools, I’m providing this listing of sources cited in the presentation. Beyond being helpful to attendees, I believe the resources […]
I love Christmas! It’s one of my favourite times of the year. What I don’t love is how our culture has turned this beautiful season into an over-commercialized spend fest. Today’s post has 5 ways you can be both festive and frugal. The post 5 ways to be both festive and frugal appeared first on Boomer Eco Crusader.
Goodbudget is my pick for the best free budgeting app in 2026, because its free plan is a real envelope budget with… The post 9 Best Free Budgeting Apps in 2026 (No Trial Required) appeared first on MoneyPantry.com.
The leading frontier AI company launched a new personal finance tool this week called “Personal Finance in Claude”. Users can connect their bank and credit card accounts via a “view-only” API and ask the AI for financial tips in plain language. Some of you may already be using AI to monitor your money situation. AI… The post AI and Your Financial Plan (What’s Coming?) appeared first on Retire Before Dad.
Choosing a health insurance plan should be simple, straightforward, and affordable. And if it were, millions of us wouldn’t be stressed out when open enrollment rolls around every year. Policies and options change. Costs increase. And some of the exchange websites can be tricky to navigate. You may be thinking that you can barely afford the premiums anyway, so why bother going through the process. But the truth is that – as messed up as […]