Moving from Big Money to Much Smaller Money.
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Expenses > Income for too longRead More
Help! My 401(k) is crappy.
I’d like to think that 401(k)s at high-tech companies would be inexpensive to administer, provide employee-friendly interfaces, and be full of broadly-diversified, low-cost funds. Read More
College Planning: When they’re not little any more
Most of what we hear about the cost of college is How High it is and How Early and How Much you’d better save if you want to send your kids. It’s as if the collective consciousness has forgotten that an equation always has two sides.
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To Buy, or Not to Buy. THAT is the question.
A friend accused me of “skirting the issue” in a previous blog post about homes in high-cost-of-living areas. Read More
College Planning… The Early Days. Part 3.
“529s, sure. State-tax deduction, okay. But really, How much should I save?”
College Planning… The Early Days. Part 2.
Last week’s blog talked about the various college savings vehicles you have to choose from. Today’s choice: Which 529 plan should you use?Read More
College Planning… The Early Days. Part 1.
Before opening the doors of Flow Financial Planning, I asked a lot of working mothers about their top financial concerns. One of the most frequent responses?Read More
What happened to Apple can happen to you(r company)
Apple stock fell 14% last month. More importantly, in the last year, Apple’s stock has dropped by over a quarter. I don’t really care why.Read More
Robo-Advisors. Where they shine, and where they don’t.
I love Betterment and Wealthfront. These two companies, among the most popular of the independent “robo advisors,” provide a passively managed, super-low cost,Read More
Preparing for Job Loss (of the unintentional sort)
In April, Intel announced that it planned to lay off 12,000 workers. My own husband worked for Hewlett Packard over the last few years as it struggled with reclaiming the success Read More
