Douglas Dubitsky is Vice President of Product Management & Development for Retirement Solutions at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. He is responsible for directing Guardian’s retirement product and service offerings. Under his leadership, Guardian is ushering in a new generation of retirement products designed to meet the evolving needs of the small to mid-size …
The following is a guest contribution from Paul S. Richard of the Institute of Consumer Financial Education (ICFE). The ICFE was founded as a non-profit organization in 1982 to help consumer improve spending habits, increase savings and use credit more wisely. Working in cooperation with government and business, the ICFE offers several certification programs with …
Have you ever wondered how you can beat debt collectors at their own game? If so, The Secret World of Debt Collection by Mike Cardoza, Esq. might just be the book for you. In a short 58 pages – which makes it more like a brochure vice a book – Mr. Cardoza lays out a detailed …
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Taz Bright helms this series. Taz is a father, speaker, long-time business owner and graduate of the school of hard-knocks. Taz uses his past business and personal finance experience to help steer others in a positive financial direction while, hopefully, avoiding the mistakes he’s made along the way. As a former 6-year victim of Identity Theft, …
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This second SavvyReview takes a look at The Business of Family: How to Stay Rich for Generations by Linda Davis Taylor. Taylor is the CEO and Chairman of Clifford Swan Investment Counsel, the nation’s oldest investment advisory firm, in Pasadena, California. A participant in a fourth generation family business, she is a frequent speaker on wealth transition, family …
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As most people are all too aware, buying a home is a financial goal – likely the most significant for a large section of the populace – that has been delayed for many wannabe homeowner thanks to the recent recession. However, now that the economy continues to strengthen in 2015, many Americans have decided the time …
Broke. Touching down in Denver on a flight from Korea in 1994, that reality struck me like a lightning bolt. Arriving at Fort Bragg, North Carolina a few weeks later – following a short visit with my family in Denver – the first observable instance of my new financial situation presented itself as I had …
While I have recommended numerous books, along with other personal finance related media (i.e. documentaries, movies, reports, surveys, etc.) in the SavvyRecommendations section, Customize Wall Street: Take Control of Your Financial Future is the first book to be reviewed here at RetirementSavvy. As the title suggests, I heartily recommend the items that appear in that section. I encourage readers …
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I was recently exploring several personal finance blog sites I subscribe to and have noticed a pattern among the comments in stories about us frugal folks. We constantly run into opposition and misunderstanding from those who do not quite get our non-traditional mindset. We are spoken to rudely or given weird looks by those who …
In the past, I have asked the question, “Is college worth it?” Not surprisingly, since so many people struggle with student loans, the question generated quite a bit of discussion with a wide variety of opinions. Interestingly, a new report from PayScale, creator of the largest database of individual compensation profiles in the world containing more than …
