By Roberta L Nestor The Free Application for Financial Student Aid (aka FAFSA) has new filing dates that went into effect a year ago, however the importance of these new dates has not been widely publ ...

By Roberta L. Nestor Reading about money and finance does not have to be boring!  The selection below is a combination of unique reads that you might find informative, fun and some worthy of a page tu ...

By Roberta L. Nestor In case you missed it, Tax Freedom Day has passed and for the average US worker, it was April 23rd, 113 days into the year.  Tax Freedom Day varies from state to state and from co ...

By Roberta L. Nestor The remainder of 2017 will have today’s 1.3million active-duty service members learning about the changes in their retirement benefits and they will have all of 2018 to decide whi ...

By Roberta L. Nestor A few years ago TheBeFrugal.com conducted a Mother’s Day Survey to learn more about the affect a mom’s financial advice had on their children.  The online survey (by The Omnibus C ...

By Roberta L. Nestor How many times have we heard the old adage “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”?  In the past that advice was specific to making sure you had a well-diversified investment p ...

By Roberta L. Nestor Green!  We all know the color of money is green, maybe we don’t know why and how this came about, but a quick google search and here is the brief history.  The new bills created b ...

By Roberta L Nestor Years ago, when young couples married and bought a home, the first thing they did was get life insurance, just in case.  Whether you are a two income family or one, it is unlikely ...

By Roberta L Nestor What is in store for investors in 2017?  If you take the markets, interest rates and politics out of the equation, it might seem like the same status quo.  Contribution levels to r ...

By Roberta L. Nestor It is somewhat interesting that the IRS “allows” you to gift money to family members each year.  The way this is phrased might lead someone to believe that there are some actual t ...

By Roberta L. Nestor The new world of technology provides pre-retirees with so many tools to help you prepare for retirement that it can be overwhelming.  There are calculators that will tell you if y ...