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 [...]
9 Easy Tips to Save Money on Gas
May 1, 2012 by
9 Easy Tips to Save Money on Gas This content is provided courtesy of USAA. While you can’t do much about the global price of oil, you can take steps to reduce pain at the pump. With current gas prices on the rise, you may be tempted to trade in your car for a scooter- [...]
Tips for a Successful Military Transition
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tips for a Successful Military Transition By June Lantz Walbert,USAA CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ The term “life event” often conjures up images of wedding dresses, binkies and diapers or even sailboats that will carry you through the golden years to exotic locales. But here’s another life event that may not be as obvious: swapping military boots [...]
Defending Your Cash: The Homecoming Spree
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DEFENDING YOUR CASH: The Homecoming Spree This content is provided courtesy of USAA. Thousands of military members in Iraq and Afghanistan are returning. They’ll likely come home to a new financial reality. It’s only natural to want to celebrate the homecoming. But if you’ve been away for a while, it’s smart to get a solid [...]
Returning Home to Your Family
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Returning Home to Your Family USAA You’re finally home. But returning to family life after a long deployment isn’t always as carefree as you might imagine. Readjusting to the “normal world” can take time, patience and understanding. Reuniting with Your Spouse While you and your spouse will need to renew your relationship, don’t try to [...]
Painless Ways to Save
January 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Painless Ways To Save By: USAA Whenever USAA member Joni Kirk saw Tom Cruise’s picture peering from a magazine cover in the grocery checkout, she’d grab first and ask the price later. Then the 30-year-old Moscow, Idaho, resident figured out that subscribing to the same magazines cost her half the newsstand price or less, and [...]
The Food Pyramid Revisited
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The Food Pyramid Revisited By Joseph Montanaro, USAA Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner OK, I admit it. I still occasionally draw on my early education. Sometimes, while sitting in the fast food drive-thru, the old food pyramid guiltily works its way to the front of my consciousness. You remember the picture we all saw in health [...]
Coupons: Smart Money-Saving Strategies
January 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Coupons: Smart Money-Saving Strategies By: USAA We’ve all read stories about the thrifty coupon shopper who takes home a cart full of groceries for $5. If you’re like most, you probably think, “That’s great, but I don’t have the time to plot a strategy to save that kind of money.” Since saving money is fashionable [...]
USAA and Military.com Announce List of Best Places for Military Retirees to Launch Second Careers
October 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
USAA and Military.com Announce List of Best Places for Military Retirees to Launch Second Careers List highlights best places for jobs that match military skill sets Oklahoma City, OK, is the best place in the nation for military retirees to launch their post-service careers, according to a new study commissioned by USAA and Military.com. The [...]
An Army Spouse with Talent and “Drive”
October 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
An Army Spouse with Talent and “Drive” by Katelyn Hobson When you’re a musician, sometimes all it takes is one song to put you into the spotlight. Army wife and mother Olivia Perez-Breland knows this firsthand. Currently stationed in Hawaii, she heard about USAA’s Garage Band Playoff, an online competition with a grand prize of [...]
