The COVID-19 pandemic has unsettled the country’s employment picture for months and will likely continue to do so for a while. However, the nature and terminology of this disruption varies g... Read more

During the coronavirus pandemic, our health concerns – for ourselves and our loved ones – have been at the top of our minds. But financial worries have been there, too, both for people whose... Read more

Wake County’s tax assessors come around every four years. Your home’s tax rate and dollar amount due goes up or down. If you ask why, you get told something about “revenue neutral.” What doe... Read more

You save and invest to meet a variety of goals during your lifetime: college for your children, long vacations, a comfortable retirement, and so on. But you probably also want to leave somet... Read more

It’s a fairly predictable pattern: When the stock market rises, more people invest, but after a large-scale drop, many of these same people head for the exits. But by staying out of the fina... Read more

If  you’re in the early stages of your working life – or even in the not-so-early ones – the chances are pretty good that you will change jobs at some point. When that happens, you’ll probab... Read more

To achieve any of your financial objectives, you need to save and invest – that much is clear. But just how you save and invest may differ from goal to goal. Let’s look at two common goals t... Read more

Consistency is a key ingredient of success in many activities, including investing. And one technique that can help you become a more consistent investor is paying yourself first. Many peopl... Read more

If you’re a gardener, your busy season is at hand, as April has been designated National Garden Month. But could  the skills you deploy at gardening be  transferred to other areas of your li... Read more