Amber writes in with the following question regarding Roth IRA withdrawals: “I currently owe about $10,000 in credit card debt and have nearly that amount in a Roth IRA I started a few years ago. I share your passion for … Continue reading
Last week’s disappointing jobs report has underscored what many of us already knew – we are still not out of the woods. What we are now experiencing is turning out to be one of the longest recessions since the Great … Continue reading
I normally like to think of myself as above average in financial intelligence. For the last several years I’ve read dozens of books on personal finance. I’m an avid reader of financial blogs and subscribe to the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
In the coming days politicians will be squabbling over raising our national debt ceiling – the amount we allow ourselves, as a country, to borrow for continuing operations. Or put another way, the legal limit on the amount of bonds the … Continue reading
Lots in the news lately about our national deficit. While the national debt is an issue I am concerned with, I decided some time ago that I needed to clean up my own household before worrying about the country’s budget. … Continue reading
