Listing of Our Interesting Blog Articles

Are Online Banks Safe?
March 19, 2024
If they’re FDIC-insured, online banks are as safe as traditional brick-and-mortar banks in many ways.

A Five-Point Plan for Financial Success
February 20, 2024
Getting yourself on sound financial footing is a lot like building a successful business. It can be a decades-long enterprise requiring planning, skill, patience, and a little bit of luck.

Twelve Habits to Get You to Financial Freedom
February 20, 2024
Financial freedom — having enough savings, investments, and cash on hand to afford the lifestyle you want for yourself and your family — is an important goal for many people.

Financial New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep
December 19, 2023
The good news about New Year's resolutions is that you get a fresh crack at them each year.

Eight Tips To Help You Control Holiday Spending
November 21, 2023
It can be easy to go overboard on holiday shopping.

What Makes Harrisburg, PA, the Best Place to Retire
November 21, 2023
Harrisburg ranks as the No. 1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S. in 2024.

Get a Copy of Your or a Loved One’s Military Records
September 19, 2023
If you want to know more about the service of a loved one, an amazing site offers many resources about our country’s heroes.

How To Find Out If You're Owed Unclaimed Money
August 15, 2023
Nowadays, almost everything seems like a scam. But money might be yours, just waiting to be claimed.

Eleven Considerations for Seniors Before You Travel
May 16, 2023
Inflation has made everything more expensive.

Guide to Payment Types, With Pros and Cons for Each
March 21, 2023
Payment is the transfer of money, goods, or services in exchange for goods and services in acceptable proportions that have been previously agreed upon by all parties involved.

Mobile Wallet: Definition, How It Works, Vs. Digital Wallets
February 21, 2023
A mobile wallet is a digital wallet that stores payment card information on a mobile device.

Organize All Your Health Records With This Built-in Smartphone Feature
February 21, 2023
Health apps track your steps, heart rate, sleep patterns, and more. But they’re capable of so much more.

Ten Useful Siri Shortcuts for Business Professionals
February 21, 2023
Your iPhone and iPad offer a Shortcuts app, which lets you create your own shortcuts that you trigger by talking to Siri or by launching them from the app.

What Makes Lancaster the Best Place to Retire?
November 15, 2022
Lancaster has a mix of small-town charm and amenities that appeal to many retirees.

How do you value your time?
September 20, 2022
In a new book, a hospice physician shares the lessons he's learned from the dying about values and purpose, and how we choose to spend our time on earth.

Ten Ways You’re Trying To Save Money Might Actually Be Costing You More
June 21, 2022
You might think, “There’s no bad way to save money.” In reality, there’s a lot you can do wrong — no matter how good your intentions are.

Seven Ways Tech Can Solve Life’s Little Annoyances
May 17, 2022
Minor tech annoyances can seem small at the moment. But in the grand scheme of things, they can cause a lot of stress and wasted time.

Things You Can Get For Free
March 15, 2022
A ton of great tools are free, like video editing software or even streaming platforms.

Overdraft Protection: Pros and Cons
March 15, 2022
Is this protection worth having?

The National Debt Explained
December 21, 2021
The national debt level of the United States is a measurement of how much the federal government owes its creditors.

How Inflation Affects Your Cost of Living
December 21, 2021
Up until very recently, inflation had not been talked about, and for good reason.

What to Know Before a Hospital Visit
November 16, 2021
Just as with financial planning, a hospital visit is easier to manage if you prepare in advance and understand the process.

Eight New Amazon Tricks To Save You Some Cash
September 21, 2021
There are quite a few ways to save when shopping with Amazon.

Lifelong Exercise Adds Up to Big Health Care Savings
September 21, 2021
Becoming more physically active today might help us avoid thousands of dollars in health care costs later, according to a new study of exercise and Medicare claims.

Twelve Ways To Lower Your Monthly Internet, Cable and Streaming Bills
August 17, 2021
Why pay more than you have to for internet, cable, and streaming?

What Is the Cheapest Time to Book a Flight?
August 17, 2021
Want to get the cheapest flight possible? You're not alone.

Guide To Emergency-Proofing Your Finances
August 17, 2021
If you haven't done so already, now is a good time to emergency-proof your finances.

Five Articles to Refresh Your Financial Literacy
June 15, 2021
Encompassing a broad range of money topics — from balancing a checkbook to developing a household budget and planning for retirement — financial literacy shapes the way we view and handle money.

The Push to Require Financial Literacy
March 16, 2021
Basic financial skills are generally not taught in a classroom in the United States. As a result, the lack of financial education has led to Americans having inadequate household and retirement savings and high levels of credit card and student loan debt.

What Is Your Money Personality Type?
August 18, 2020
Like almost everything else in life, your response to money is largely dictated by your personality. See how making small changes can often yield big results.

Five Ways to Control Emotional Spending
June 16, 2020
For some people, shopping is much more than a pastime - it's actually an addiction called oniomania.

Ten Promising Job Prospects for 2020
February 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has determined the occupational fields that will virtually guarantee a job for those graduating in the next few years. Choose your career wisely.

How Long Will I Live?
December 17, 2019
The average American now lives to 88. Based on 400,000 NIH data samples and a short quiz about your lifestyle, find out what your life expectancy might be.

Ignore the Financial Media
September 17, 2019
The financial media is omnipresent. Whether it’s hearing about what the Dow did today on your drive home or a talking head pontificating about how the markets are obviously about to tank, we are constantly immersed in a miasma of prognostication.

Safe Deposit Boxes: Store This, Not That
June 18, 2019
A safe deposit box (or safety deposit box) is an individually secured container — usually a metal box — that lives in the vault of a federally insured bank or credit union. Here's what (and what not) to put in it.

The Top 5 Financial Mistakes Millennials Make
November 20, 2018
The millennial experience with the 2008 financial crisis may have given them a perspective that can be detrimental to achieving any long-term aspirations they might have. This distorted view may have led many to make any number of mistakes.

Words of Wisdom Courtesy of Joseph Heller
May 15, 2018
Authors Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. Wisdom ensued: what is really important about wealth.

Best Personal Finance Apps
May 15, 2018
A quick look at some personal finance apps.

Surprise! Millennials Are A Generation Of Savers
August 30, 2017
It appears that Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) are going against stereotype, with more than half of them saving for retirement. As usual, stereotypes can be misleading.

Don't Get 'Escheated' Out Of Your Money!
January 27, 2017
Unfortunately, the English common law on escheatment has evolved from making sure abandoned property does not go to waste, to making sure the state has another source of income. Avoid unwittingly giving your money to the state.

Proposed Department Of Labor Rules: How They'll Impact Advisors and Investors
May 13, 2016
In 2016 the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule requiring just about every professional who deals with retail investors to adhere to a fiduciary standard of practice. Learn what a fiduciary is, and why you would want one.

Six Things Every College Graduate Needs to Know About Money
May 13, 2016
Just getting started? Beyond the relative safety of college sits the stressful and sometimes messy world of adulthood. Learn how to make the transition from college to career success.

The Case For Benign Neglect
February 11, 2014
Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process - Warren Buffet.

Do You Have A Super-IRA?
January 14, 2014
Well, it's not an IRA, but a Health Savings Account (HSA). Read on to find out how to use your HSA to your best advantage.

Welcome to Stout Bowman and Associates
November 26, 2013
Let us introduce ourselves.

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