Why You Should Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make

So how much do you make? It’s a loaded, deeply personal and often uncomfortable question. Along with our weight and age, our salary is a number to which we’ve assigned almost incomparable value. And, when we’re asked, what many of us really hear is this: What’s your worth as a person? “Money is so tied […]

Dreaming of an Early Retirement? Here’s What It Takes

Once considered a pipe dream for most, early retirement now seems to be a trend. The movement has a growing number of blogs devoted to it and a name that, while catchy, illustrates what happens when you come up with the acronym first: FIRE, or “financially independent retire early.” Recent research from the online broker […]

Are you saving money?

When the Block Island Power Company connected to the National Grid sea2shore transmission cable and turned off its diesel generators on May 1, 2017, it was the end of an era. Instead of electric rates that fluctuated monthly due to the cost of diesel, a new, steady standard offer rate began to be used to […]

Retirement Strategies For Women

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once Americans reach age 65, life expectancy is an additional 20.6 years for women and 18 years for men. Women are living longer and therefore more is needed to cover expenses during their retirement years. Statistically, women lag behind men in planning and saving for retirement, […]

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