Tag: cash reserve

Interest Rates Are Back Up, So Where Should You Keep Your Cash?

Until 2022, interest rates haven’t been much to write home about, but as rates start rising, you might wonder if your typical bank savings account is actually the best place to store your cash reserve. Here are some ideas to keep your cash (safely) at work. How Much Cash Do You Really Need? To answer […]

Do You Have Too Much Company Stock?

For high-net-worth executives, equity compensation is simply part of the game. But when you’re consistently paid (bonuses, salary, etc.) in company stock, it’s easy to accumulate too much. Today we’ll review how high-profile executives can better manage their company’s equity and actively avoid concentration risk. What’s Too Much Company Stock? The answer to this question […]

Teaching Your College-Age Child about Money

When your child first started school, you doled out the change for milk and a snack on a daily basis. But now that your kindergartner has grown up, it’s time for you to make sure that your child has enough financial knowledge to manage money at college. Lesson 1: Budgeting 101 Perhaps your child already […]

What is Behavioral Finance, and Why Should You Be Aware of It?

Behavioral finance is a relatively new but growing field of study that applies behavioral psychology to economic decisions to help understand why rational people can often make irrational decisions when it comes to money and investing. DALBAR, a leading financial research firm, produces an annual report comparing stock market returns with average investor returns. Their […]

Five Things Every Young Family Should Do Now!

In the hustle and bustle of every day family life, it can be difficult to see beyond the present and prepare for the future.  Often important actions that each family should take fall to the wayside as the days are crammed with work, school, sports, and household duties.  In Five Things Every Young Family Should […]