DIY Personal & Retirement Financial Planning

Do-It-Yourself financial and investment planning Excel spreadsheet software

capital appreciation

Rational Mutual Fund and ETF Selection

Rational selection of equity and bond mutual funds and ETFs – An Overview Given the extremely large variety and number of available fixed income and equity investment mutual funds and ETFs, investors need a rational basis to select among them. Without scientific selection criteria and a good understanding of which factors are more or less […]

Earned Income Drives the Personal Finances of Most People

Do-It-Yourself Financial Planning – Earned income drives the personal finances of most people The ability to project your various income sources automatically over your lifetime is one of the first steps in creating a useful do-it-yourself personal financial plan. Whether from wages and salary or from self-employment, personal earned income drives the lifetime finances of […]

Retirement Savings Needs of Renters Without Financial Planning Improvements

Retirement savings needs of renters prior to any financial planning improvements Starting to plan with a non-optimal baseline projection Fran and Fred Frugal, both age 30, are a married working couple with $100,000 in combined annual earned income. They want to understand how valuable different personal finance strategies could be to their lifetime finances and […]

Scroll to top