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6-Week Money Challenge – A SavvyReview and Holiday Giveaway

Author Steve Repak is a Certified Financial Planner ® (CFP) professional, army veteran, financial literacy speaker, and author. His inspiring financial literacy presentations and one-on-one financial coaching have helped many people turn their finances around. Steve has been a frequent guest on Fox and Friends, Fox Business, The 700 Club, and CNN Headline News. He has been interviewed on NPR, Bloomberg Radio, Market Watch Radio, Wall Street Journal Radio, and many other national and regional shows. Steve’s work has been featured in Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, BusinessWeek, New York Post, Read the Full Story

A Richer Understanding: Head and Heart

Brian Tramuel helms this series. He lives with his wife Michelle, their children Geneva and Brian, and their Cocker Spaniel Maestro in Charlotte, NC. They, along with his two older children from a previous marriage, Davina and Aaron, provide a constant source of inspiration. Aaron lives, works and plays in Charlotte and Davina lives, works and plays in Roanoke, VA. December 19th, 2015 was the eight month mark of marriage for my wife and me. Although we have been together for many years, marriage has helped to improve my perspective on Read the Full Story

A Richer Understanding: Dreams Money Can Buy

Brian Tramuel helms this series. He lives with his wife Michelle, their children Geneva and Brian, and their Cocker Spaniel Maestro in Charlotte, NC. They, along with his two older children from a previous marriage, Davina and Aaron, provide a constant source of inspiration. Aaron lives, works and plays in Charlotte and Davina lives, works and plays in Roanoke, VA. The city of Charlotte is blazing in the sports firmament.  The dominance of the Carolina Panthers as the only undefeated team in the NFL (at the time of this writing), the Read the Full Story

Save Money on Christmas Shopping: Some Cool Tips for Retirees

The following is a guest post from Good Nelly, a financial writer. You can find her work at My Way of Viewing. Besides writing, she loves to travel and cook. Saving money for shopping gets a bit difficult for the retirees at this point of time in the year when you hear the jolly jingles and are all set to enjoy the Christmas. So, should the retirees stop enjoying their Christmas only because they can’t shop lavishly? Of course not! They can also equally enjoy the Christmas as normal working people do. And Read the Full Story

5 Steps to Get Out of Debt in 2016

The following is a guest post from  Steve Repak, CFP®. Steve is a financial literacy speaker and the author of 6 Week Money Challenge: For Your Personal Finances. According to a survey conducted by CreditCard.Com more than a third of Americans incurred debt over the holiday season. I have always said that you will have more money if you are earning interest on it instead of paying interest to someone else, but I had to learn that lesson the hard way because I left the military after 12 years of Read the Full Story

A SavvyInterview – Michael Meese

Brigadier General Michael Meese (U.S. Army, Retired), Ph.D., FLMI, is the Chief Operating Officer of the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (AAFMAA), a 136 year-old non-profit that assists the American Armed Forces community with insurance, financial planning, survivor assistance, and other benefits.  In 2013, after 32 years in the Army, he retired from his position as the Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences at West Point.  There he taught economics and national security courses and led the 70 military and civilian faculty members in the Department, Read the Full Story

DollarLogic – A SavvyReview and Giveaway

Author Andy Martin began his investment career with Merrill Lynch and is cofounder and president of 7Twelve Advisors, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor, and registered representative, general securities principal with FINRA member firm, Girard Securities, Inc. Martin has worked in virtually every part of the securities industry, including operations, sales, management, product development, research, and compliance. His research has been published or reviewed in a wide variety of journals and publications. He is Series 7, 24, 53, and 65 licensed, is a graduate of Belmont University (BBA Economics), and Vanderbilt Read the Full Story

Is it Time for You to Become a Business Coach?

The following is a guest post from James D. Burbank. James has been navigating his way around the business world for better part of two decades. He is the editor in chief of BizzMarkBlog and a proud father of two.  For most professionals working in the business arena, there comes a moment where they start feeling a bit worn out. They feel like they have seen it all (and in many cases they really have) and that they have started just going through motions. Even the occasional spikes and major Read the Full Story

Retirement – Here’s How You Can Make It A Happy One

The following is a guest post from Tina Roth. Tina is a personal finance writer and educator. In addition to being the editor at Finance Blog, she is a contributing writer to many other online finance blogs. To reach her you can visit her Google+ profile here. You can also find here at Facebook. Retirement ought to be a happy time. You can set your own schedule, take long vacations, and start spending all the money you’ve been saving. In a recent survey of MONEY readers, 48% retirees reported being Read the Full Story

A Richer Understanding: Compassion

Brian Tramuel helms this series. He lives with his wife Michelle, their children Geneva and Brian, and their Cocker Spaniel Maestro in Charlotte, NC. They, along with his two older children from a previous marriage, Davina and Aaron, provide a constant source of inspiration. Aaron lives, works and plays in Charlotte and Davina lives, works and plays in Roanoke, VA. Michelle and I speak three or four times throughout the day while I am working, mostly to check in or check on each other and at other times to discuss the Read the Full Story