“Dear Steve, I’m 34 years old, single, graduated a college when I was 26. Currently I have 2 student loans: 1. Navient Student Loans: $ 25,387.21, 5.25%, monthly payment of $ 235.41 2. AES Student Loans: $17,152.33, 5.125%, monthly payment of $ 186.68 I have about $10k in a saving account (with 1% interest), and a rollover IRA with about ... Read More »
“Dear Michael, I will retiring in 2015 and I only owe American express and I can’t pay them since my only source is social security and will be moving to Mexico. I understand they can’t get my social security. Do I still need to file with the courts on this debt? Terri” Dear Terri, Whether or not you have to ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, In 2008 I was a building contractor in Florida and had all my money invested in Real Estate. With the money I had I keep paying until I just ran out of money. I now live in South America and depend on my credit cards to survive. I rent out my house but is not enough to keep ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, My wife and I are retired with a fixed income of just under $3000 a month. Over the last few months, we’ve had to take out loans at several, high interest businesses. Now, our payments are twice our income. We have a small place, (mobile home and storage bldgs.) valued at about $20,000, which is free and clear. ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, I’m thinking of using some of my reitrement to help settle my debt. But my retirement says if I refund the money I will lose all benefits to it. I’m with the Arizona State Retirement System. I do not want to take it all out, just enough to cover my debts. Will I be penalized for this and ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, Lost 1165.00 income from sale of store and I was the bank…total 54,000.00 I am retired and have 1500.00 SS and 500.00 company retirement. Problem is I ran up credit card dept trying to keep the store going and have paid off all bank loans except I have around 30,000.00 credit card debt. I am not late and ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, I am 62 yo, wife is 61 yo. Our combined stats: -We have $27k in credit card debt (0% interest, due to finding 12-18 month 0% promotional rates), -$200k home mortgage using a 5/5 arm at 2.75% which amounts to a $1000/month P&I payment–our property tax in NJ is $1000/month, -$400k in retirement savings–401k, ira, annuities mostly in ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, I am looking for a workshop or advisor to help get my finances straight. I have a poor credit history so i need advise in working through that in addition to rebuilding my credit. I have several retirement accounts from different jobs that I am not sure what to so with. Do I roll them all together or ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, I have a $50,000 credit card debt for which the monthly payment is $1,000 at 9%. I receive a $24,000 military retirement and my wife makes $40,000 a year. I have $230,000 from early retirement in an annuity and we refinanced our mortgage two years ago for a 5% rate and the balance is $217,000. I am 58 ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, We owe 172,000.00 on our house and live in CA. We are in our late 4o’s with a net worth of 200,000.00 not including my pension. We both have another 20 or so years to retire. My husband is self employed as a painter therefore we have to put away extra retirement for him. We have life insurance, ... Read More »
“Dear Steve, My husband and I are having financial overload. we would like to get rid of debts as soon as possible he es the only one woks and we are close to retire. What do you recomend us to do what ever is better for us. Tomasita” The Answer Dear Tomasita, Without knowing more about your situation I’d suggest ... Read More »
As a college student studying finance, I would often hear of references to the baby boomer generation. It would typically be described as a very large mouse traveling through a skinny snake. Meaning there was this extremely large mass off people traveling through various stages of life. Now the tip of that metaphorical mouse has hit a major milestone and ... Read More »
In a paper by M. Keith Chen of Yale University School of Management and Cowles Foundation, a conclusion was drawn that the language you speak has an impact on your ability to save for the future. Languages differ widely in the ways they partition time. In this paper I test the hypothesis that languages which grammatically distinguish between present and ... Read More »
“Dear Paul, I work for the federal government and make about $90K. My wife makes about 45K (no benefits) after losing her corporate job in 2003. I am 47 with an MS, she is 52 with a BS, married 23 years. I have to retire from my current job at 57 so we both know we will be working at ... Read More »
“Dear Paul, Last year I had an income downturn. I have credit card debt that is drowning me and I struggle to pay everything each month. I now have some medical expenses and have had some family emergencies that have created more financial stress. I have a deferred compensation fund through my job that has more than sufficient funds to ... Read More »
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