Personal Finance Education

Personal Finance Education

By: Emilie Rusch The Denver Post COMMERCE CITY — In the pasta aisle of the grocery store, Maile Diaz surveyed her options. In the 6-year-old’s hands was a shopping list she wrote out before she and her father left home. “This one is $1,” Paolo Diaz...
Spend Less in 2014

Spend Less in 2014

2013 is coming to a close and many of us are finding ourselves looking for ways to reduce spending in the New Year. Aside from some of the typical brown bag your lunches and skip the lattes advice (which is also great by the way), below are some big picture...
Special Tax Benefits for Military Personnel

Special Tax Benefits for Military Personnel

What special tax benefits are available to military personnel? There are a number of unique tax credits and deductions available to military personnel.  Military service members receive a variety of different compensations, and thus for tax purposes, each type of pay...

#KeepYourPromise

The #KeepYourPromise movement is a powerful response to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, devastating Military pensions. Trying to backpedal out of the mess, legislators have ‘promised’ to fix the financial problems they have caused throughout the...
What Are the Basic Financial Concepts?

What Are the Basic Financial Concepts?

The world of finances can be confusing.  There are many terms and calculations.  Here are five concepts that are basic to financial planning. What is a compound interest? When money is invested and earns interest, the initial value will multiply due to the...

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