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Congressional Failure Places Shenandoah Life Policyholders At Risk

The Shenandoah Life Insurance Company has been placed in receivership status by the Virginia Insurance commissioner. Here's the Notice of Receivership... "On February 12, 2009, pursuant to Title 38.2, Chapters 10 and 15 of the Virginia Code, the Circu...
Prove The Cynics Wrong...Adopt The Money For Life Model

Thrive In Good Times, And Better In Bad Times - Like Now. "Who knows? Maybe an economic apocalypse is the wake-up call we all needed. Maybe. I hate to say it, but the more likely scenario is a gradual end to the recession, at which point America wi...
Turmoil Spooks 529 Holders...

An article was published in the National Underwriter on 4/20/2009. (author TREVOR THOMAS) The article suggested a flight to safety by parents and grandparents saving for college educations using a 529 Plan. Happy Days! America is waking up to a re...
Save From Income. Invest From Assets - If You Must...

An advisor recently asked a great question! "There is one Money for Life concept ‘Save from income and invest from assets,' that I am interested in being better able to...teach and implement (for my clients). Basically, my understanding is to save fr...
Has America Been Listening To The Wrong People About Money?

In 1974 the US Congress passed ERISA and began convincing Americans that saving money was a bad idea. The law they passed convinced us that investing [aka gambling] in an IRA or 401(k) was better than putting our money into guaranteed return savings ve...
Should You Choose An American Insurance Company?

ING To Review "Strategic Options" For U.S. Ops; May Shift Annuity Book By ALLISON BELL Published by National Underwriter on 4/9/2009 "ING Groep N.V. wants to reduce the scope of its U.S. operations ‘over time and as market conditions permit'..." F...
It's Only a Buck...

How many times have you heard - or said - something like, "Let's buy it! It's only fifty bucks. That's a twenty-five dollar savings!" Guess what. There is no "only" when you are dealing with your money. Moreover, savings are only savings when you ...
Where Do You Learn about Saving, Insurance and Investing?

Television and the internet are great teachers when you pay close attention to the advertising and not the shows that the advertising pays for. Advertising costs lots of money. Businesses that can afford a great deal of TV and internet advertising are ...