Let's face it: personal finance is confusing. With so many rules and approaches to optimizing taxes, investments, mortgages, credit cards, and so on, it's easy to get overwhelmed. We invited our expert Bob Gavlak to...
Between saving, investing, paying off debt, and covering daily expenses, keeping track and optimizing our personal finances can be overwhelming. This week, LifeSpeak expert and certified financial planner Bob Gavlak joined our Ask the Expert...
If you're currently raising children while taking care of your aging parents, you're in what's referred to as the Sandwich Generation. More and more adults are finding themselves strapped for time and sapped of energy...
It's never too early to start preparing for retirement, especially in this uncertain economy. Luckily, LifeSpeak users had the chance to pose their retirement questions to finance guru Dominique Broadway. She's an award winning personal...
Last week, LifeSpeak users around the world got to ask entrepreneur and philanthropist Tuan Nguyen about incorporating volunteering into their daily lives. While working as a full-time public accountant, Tuan began volunteering in the community...
At first, it may seem counter-intuitive to actively help your employees retire — especially when you consider how expensive turnover can be. However, it’s unrealistic to expect your employees to stay with your organization forever....
The US is gradually approaching a retirement crisis, and millennials know it. People are living more than thirty years past the official retirement age of 65, which means social programs are being stretched thin and...
Independence is sacred. We spend our entire lives trying to achieve it; exploring boundaries as children, breaking rules as teenagers, and finally moving out as young adults. Even into adulthood we do everything we can...
Have you heard of the term historic reversal? It refers to the fact that the global human population is aging steadily, and the phenomenon doesn’t appear to be reversible. For a variety of reasons, more...
In a post-Lehman Brothers world, it’s become increasingly complicated to understand how to grow personal wealth. What makes an institution trustworthy and which ones should you avoid? How can you gauge the appropriateness of a...
