financial planning

By Maryalene LaPonsie | Money Rates Columnist

With Keith Klein

The gender pay gap has garnered all sorts of media and legislative attention, prompting marches, committee hearings and petitions to Washington. There is even an Equal Pay Day (it was April 8 this year) to mark how far into the new year females must work to earn as much as men did the previous year.

by KEITH KLEIN

Building true wealth might seem elusive, considering that many of us, who very recently were sitting on large 401k plans and high home equity values, now feel unprepared for retirement. However, wealth creation is still a process grounded in well-established and understandable principles and practices that are the keys to building wealth.

BY KEITH KLEIN

Many successful women are creating substantial wealth - however some of them will end up poor.

Women control a great deal of wealth in this country. The dilemma is that many women earn, manage, and receive this wealth, yet, same as men, they need help in establishing clear expectations and strategies for the future.

Keith Klein offers high quality investment and wealth management tips for parents as he joins Heather Wagenhals, Executive Producer and host of UnlockYourWealthRadio.com on Libsyn’s Popular Money Show and Season 19 Running with Scissors.

by Keith Klein

In 2011, after more than 15 years as a financial service advisor, I reached my Turning Pointe.  It had become clear to me that the best way to provide unbiased solutions to my clients was to do it from a platform that would always put their needs first.

by Keith Klein

The decision to go forward with your plans to start a family is a joyous one, but it can also lead to increased stress especially if your financial house has not been child-proofed. Considering that, on average, the cost of raising a child now exceeds $300,000, there’s little margin for error for most young families that have other important financial goals to achieve. There’s no reason why you should get caught off guard or caught in cash crunch as long as you plan ahead. The following family planning checklist contains what is deemed by most new parents as being the most essential steps in preparing for a new arrival: