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Defending Your Cash: Build a Blemish-free Credit History Courtesy of USAA No credit history can spell trouble for young people just starting out. It may seem unfair, but someone with no credit history can be lumped into the same category as those with a credit report full of blemishes. Both circumstances can make it difficult [...]
5 Retirement Investing Tools: What You Need To Know Courtesy of USAA IRAs, employer-provided retirement plans, mutual funds, CDs and annuities: These are the basic investing tools that could eventually allow many of us to put the 9-to-5 routine in the rearview mirror. Here’s what they are and how they might help with your financial [...]
Leaving the Military: Why a Cash Stash is So Important By: Scott E. Halliwell Courtesy of USAA Change brings stress, and leaving the military brings a truckload of it to your doorstep. Not only is the transition a major life event, it’s also a major financial event. Picture this: – You just decided to quit [...]
Feeling Upside Down? By: USAA The PCS orders have arrived. You’re upside down on the mortgage. Now what? When Vanessa and Randolph Leon bought their home near Fort Meade in Baltimore, there was fierce competition for the fixer-upper. But they outbid three others, offering $269,000 for the three-bedroom. That was in 2006 at the [...]
USAA Names 2012 Best Value Vehicles Top 10 for Teens list also identified based on factors most important to parents USAA unveiled its second annual Best Value vehicles list that names the top 2012 automobiles in 16 categories for consumers looking to get the most bang for their buck. The 2012 Best Value list includes: [...]
6Steps to Get Financially Fit by USAA Still waffling on getting your finances in shape this year? It’s not too late. Follow these tips offered by USAA’s CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners Scott Halliwell and Heidi Schmidt to help you get started. Step 1: Review your goals. If you’ve set financial goals for yourself, give [...]
Getting Back on Track After Financial Setbacks by USAA Bank accounts, jobs, homes and even marriages have been the collateral damage of the recent economic fallout. But financial experts agree it is possible to emerge from financial adversities such as bankruptcy, job loss, foreclosure, divorce or illness and rebuild your finances faster than you might [...]
10 Tips to Master Your Money by USAA Members Want to save more of what you earn, but just can’t figure out how? Follow these easy tips and watch your cash grow. 1. Set a Target: Shoot for having three to six months of your regular expenses available for unforeseen emergencies. 2. Make Your Money [...]
Get to Know Your Emergency Fund By Scott E. Halliwell, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CWS® Your grandmother may have called it a rainy day fund. Financial professionals typically call it a cash reserve or emergency fund. Whatever its name, the purpose is the same: having some money set aside for when the unexpected happens so that [...]
5 Must-Haves for Your Retirement Toolkit By J.J. Montanaro USAA Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner Here’s a checklist of tools you should consider adding, oiling, or updating: Eyeglasses or Crystal Ball. In my mind, retirement planning starts with a vision. If you’re in your 20′s it may be no clearer than the idea that you [...]
Boosting the image that you have of yourself can be as simple as enhancing your thought process. I haven’t done research or gathered information by conducting a survey; but I do know from experience how and why to lift myself up instead of put or tear myself down. When I was younger, no matter how [...]
Boosting the image that you have of yourself can be as simple as enhancing your thought process. I haven’t done research or gathered information by conducting a survey; but I do know from experience how and why to lift myself up instead of put or tear myself down. When I was younger, no matter how [...]
By Monica Tucker monica@armyspousemag.com As I was searching the internet, I came across several social media ‘military spouse’ support forums and other sites that are basically a reflection of the negative side to living this military life. As a military spouse business owner, I was somewhat appalled by the lack of professionalism displayed, and it [...]
March/April Learn a different language—Have you ever listened to a song in French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese and would have loved to have been able to sing along? The music is beautiful but if only you could connect the words with the music…how much more exciting it would be. Learning a different language does take [...]
Name: Lisa Saucedo Occupation: Executive Director Title: Executive Director, CASA of El Paso Location: El Paso, Texas Website: www.casaofelpaso.com Contact Information: (915) 546-8146 What inspires you within your occupation?With inspired determination, I have created a fulfilling career and led the CASA of El Paso organization with passion, enthusiasm, and hard work. The team, who I [...]
Feature: AUSA + Patty Barron = Great Army Family Support Name:Patty Barron Describe yourself with one word… Determined Number of years married…32years Children… Three: Michael (29), Megan (27), Joe (17) To relax and unwind you…watch the Golden Girls on DVD Currently reading…Tinkers Listening to…Frank Sinatra Favorite quote… “I’ll make it” …Jimmy Chitwood; Hoosiers (movie) Favorite [...]
Military Spouse Business Feature: “Metal Creations Are True Fashion” Name: Wendy Caldwell Status: Army Spouse of Active Duty Soldier Hometown: Teaneck, NJ Installation: Schofield Barracks, Wahiawa, HI Business Name: Homefront Metalworks Business Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/HomefrontMetalworks Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homefront-Metalworks/157512887665505 Business Phone: (908) 910-5071 Business Email: wendy.homefront@gmail.com About . . . It’s been a year [...]
Arts & Entertainment Editor’s Picks Gail Kasper’s Unstoppable: 6 Easy Steps To Achieve Your Goals remains on the ASM Reading List. The book details the Systematic Attitude Development-Technique (SAD-T). This 6-step revolutionary system has led thousands of people accomplish their goals, improve their attitudes, maximize each day and move forward, even in the midst of [...]
Arts & Entertainment Editor’s Choice: David French picked up the newspaper in the comfort of his penthouse in Philadelphia, and read about a soldier – father of two – who was wounded in Iraq. Immediately, he was stricken with a question: Why him and not me? This is the story of what happens when a [...]