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Why I don’t pay attention to percentages and you shouldn’t either
For much of my working career I have not focused on retirement. In fact, I wrote in an earlier post how fortunate I was that I had savings from negotiated contracts (CBAs) otherwise I would have a lot less. Saving … Read the rest
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Health Savings Account (HSA)
Anyone ever heard of the Health Savings Account (HSA)? If not, no worries, because it is the topic of this post. I hadn’t heard of HSAs until a couple years ago and I only stumbled across them because I was … Read the rest
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Let’s talk about the skilled trades
This post is, in some ways, a sister to the post I did earlier on college and whether it was worth it or not. You can find that post in the link below. There is much more information to be … Read the rest
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IRAs – EVERYONE should have one
So what exactly is an IRA? Contrary to popular opinion it doesn’t stand for Individual Retirement Account but Individual Retirement Arrangement as defined by the IRS. I don’t particularly care why they call it an arrangement and not an account. … Read the rest
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Hello 2019 – now what?
I have taken a sabbatical from writing and initially it was for a good reason but like many other things I took it too far. In march I took a prep class for the American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding … Read the rest
