Financial Advice for Every Season of Life Does successfully making the most of your money feel like a mystery? Are you wondering where it goes or how to get a grip on your spending? Author and Christian financial advisor Russ Crosson has spent more than 40 years guiding individuals and couples in everyday financial situations. In Your Money Made Simple, he offers the key to mastering your finances biblically—and it’s not about how much money you make. Customized to meet your needs, this resource teaches you how to manage your income wisely by.... offering proven formulas that work for any income level, age, or vocation setting you on a path to freedom from financial worries including easy-to-use financial planning tools and graphic charts Packed with wisdom and practical applications, this book will help you make the most of your money and how you spend it.

Find all of the following, explained in plain-English: How your Social Security retirement benefits, spousal benefits, and widow/widower benefits are calculated How your benefits are affected if you have a government pension or if you continue working while claiming Social Security How to decide when is the best age for you (and your spouse, if you're married) to claim Social Security in order to get the most out of your benefits Whether or not it makes sense to take Social Security early in order to invest the money How to check your earnings record on the Social Security Administration's website to make sure you're getting the full benefit you deserve How Social Security benefits are taxed and how this affects retirement tax planning Please note that this book does not cover Social Security disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

A simple, effective way to transform your finances and your life from leading financial advisor and New York Times columnist Carl Richards Creating a financial plan can seem overwhelming, but the best plans aren't long or complicated. A great plan has nothing to do with the details of how to save and invest your money and everything to do with why you're doing it in the first place. Knowing what's important to you, you will be able to make better decisions in any market conditions. The One-Page Financial Plan will help you identify your values and goals. Carl Richard's simple steps will show you how to prioritize what you really want in life and figure out how to get there. 'In a world where financial advice is (often purposely) complicated and filled with jargon, Carl Richards distils what matters most into something that is easy and fun to read' Wall Street Journal 'Feeling tormented by your finances? Read this book. Now. The One-Page Financial Plan helps you identify what you truly want from life, get crystal clear about the financial position you are starting from today, and develop a simple, actionable plan to narrow the gap between the two' Manisha Thakor, CEO at MoneyZen Wealth Management Carl Richards is a certified financial planner and a columnist for the New York Times, where his weekly Sketch Guy column has run every Monday for over five years. He is also a columnist for Morningstar magazine and a contributor to Yahoo Finance. His first book, The Behavior Gap, was very well received, and his weekly newsletter has readers around the world. Richards is a popular keynote speaker and is the director of investor education for the BAM ALLIANCE.

I dreaded the College Planning and Financing process. I started somewhere in the middle of the process and fumbled my way through getting my son to college using instincts, gut intuition, internet searches, and talking to as many people as possible. I attempted to purchase a book, but it looked like an encyclopedia smashed into tiny font with a spine and a cover. I just couldn't and didn't have time to get through all of the material and to take all of the advice and put it into action. Thus, I came up with my own process that includes diagrams, definitions and some of the greatest pitfalls to avoid and the best advice to utilize during the College Planning and Financing process. College Planning Made Simple is a practical 5 step guide towards planning and financing college. The guide explains each of the 5 components of the college planning and financing process, how the components share information, and the expected outcome, as well as any practical applications and examples that you might need to help explain the concept. In addition, the guide contains references and sections for notes. At the end of each section, I've included a personal note regarding my own experience, pitfalls to avoid and shortcuts to take when possible.Please know that I'm with you on this journey. Not only have I put the guide together for you, I've also lived thru the process. The process works and today we are debt free because of the choices and processes that we have followed.

From one of the worlds most trusted experts on personal finance comes a "route planner," identifying easy moves to get young people on the road to financial recovery and within reach of their dreams.

This workbook helps individuals and families execute the estate planning process with easy to understand worksheets, questions and sample legal documents.