Making College Affordable

The cost of college has been increasing at a rate greater than inflation for years, creating a financial challenge for college students and their families. 

Not to mention college graduates are also leaving their...

Life Insurance Explained

Today's podcast our guest contributor will discuss  life insurance, who needs it, why and factors that should go into determining how much is needed.

Generally, the primary purpose of life...

Redefining The American Dream To Live Financially Free

Can you imagine waking up every day excited to start your day? Being passionate about your work? 

How does the idea of doing what you want to do, when you want to do it with whomever you want to do it with sound to you? 

Why Everyone Needs Estate Planning

This week's guest contributor is Donna Hartl an attorney and Certified Public Accountant.

She focuses tax planning, tax dispute work, estate planning, guardianship, probate and trust administration. Donna has also been named an Illinois Super...

The Secret To Financial Success? It's Not About Money

This week’s episode focuses on the emotional and holistic side of money...the stories we  tell ourselves about money. Stories are the messages we receive about money in childhood often from parents and reinforced in our...

Health insurance is confusing and complicated with a language of its own...premiums, deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, etc. If you are in the market for a policy, I suggest taking The Insurance People on that journey with you. 

In this week's podcast episode guest...

In this week's podcast we are having a conversation about the $1.7 trillion gorilla in the room….called student loans. America is in a student loan crisis whether it is willing to admit it or not. 

Here are a few stats to help you understand the gravity of the...

 How Do You Know If You Have Adequate Insurance...

Fidelity’s rule of thumb for how much you should have saved based upon your age is as follows:

 3   X Salary @ 40 years old

 6   X Salary @ 50 years old

 8   X Salary @ 60 years old

10  X Salary @ 67 years old

However, the amount of money needed...

Is The Cost Worth It?

There's been some debate questioning the cost benefit of a four year degree because of the skyrocketing cost of college and the loan burden that this place on students and their families, it's becoming a generational anxiety.

Just for fun, I researched the initial...