I have maxed out my 401K every mid-year since I was in my mid-20s and thought I was doing the right thing. What could be wrong with investing in the stock market sooner and getting a bump in pay when you max out mid-year? So last year, I decided to be even more aggressive and […]
Tag: Personal Finance
Download the 401K Employee Contribution Calculator now Ever wonder what the ideal percentage you should be contributing to your 401K is? It’s more difficult than you may think and you might accidentally be losing out on employer contributions. Things you need to consider: Employer Matching level (e.g., 50%, 100%) Max Employer Matching (e.g., 4%, 5%, […]
Download the Excel-based Paycheck and Tax Forecasting Tool by clicking here For those that know me, one of my passions is personal finance (along with public speaking, influencing, practical applications of technology, data analysis, helping others). As I have grown older, I have come to appreciate the importance of planning taxes and choices around income/deductions more […]
About a week ago, askamanager.org (with 2 million monthly visitors) collected over 26,000 salaries from ordinary people like you and me. And Alison Green was kind of enough to share the Google spreadsheet of all the submissions. Although there are some issues with the data collected (which I’ll talk about at the end of this post for those that care), […]
