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6 Ways to Stretch Your Social Security Income
When we talk about retirement planning, we consistently stress the idea that no one should rely on Social Security to completely fund their retirement. And yet, 31 percent of working Americans have accumulated 0 dollars [...]
5 Moves to Make With Your Tax Refund
Receiving a nice, fat tax refund check can provoke quite a bit of temptation. You might consider rushing off on a dream vacation, or at least purchasing an upgraded home entertainment system. But if you [...]
6 Reasons to Pay Off Your Debts
You’re always hearing about the high cost of pay interest on debts, especially credit cards. And of course, no one enjoys wasting money! But there are even more reasons that paying off your debts can [...]
How to Reduce Your Debt Before Retirement
Planning for retirement essentially requires you to approach your finances from both directions: How will you set up dependable retirement income, and how will you spend it so that you stay within a reasonable budget? [...]
9 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Social Security
Considering the fact that almost all of us will one day collect benefits from Social Security, you would think we’d all be familiar with the ins and outs of the program. But in reality, many [...]
You’ve Reached Age 50; Now What?
Once we reach age 50, most of us feel as though we have our careers on track and our finances in check. But what about your retirement plan? Are you building toward a secure future, [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – August 26, 2020
Happy Monday August 24, 2020. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for 2020 to be over. Or simply, I’m ready for the old norm to return. I don’t think the old normal [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – August 17, 2020
Happy Monday August 17th to everyone. I will get the occasional question when doing reviews, how we choose the certain pieces for the “Highlights form Analysts and Economists” section. At Affinity, we gets lots of [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – August 10, 2020
Happy Monday to everyone. Double good news to start this week off: Royals won 4 in a row, while sweeping the Twins. And the Chiefs are 31 days away from their first game which is [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – August 5, 2020
Happy Monday and Happy August to you all. August 3rd… Where has this year gone? Before we know it, the election will be here, and next the holidays. Kids in our area are starting back [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – July 29, 2020
Good morning and happy Monday to everyone, Today’s email has some good juicy information relating to FAANGM (called “Fang” stocks), Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft. For a few weeks now, I have been [...]
Affinity “Mark” et Minute – July 22, 2020
Happy Monday to you. Major League Baseball starts back up this week. Yeah, finally some team sports to watch. I was watching one inning of a Yankees preseason game this weekend where they are not [...]