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How Much Do I Need to Start Investing for Retirement?

How Much Do I Need to Start Investing for Retirement?

by Michele Cagan | Aug 21, 2025 | Building a Nest, Personal Finance, Retirement Planning, Saving and Investing, You Need to Know This

I get this question regularly. The answer is, “Not nearly as much as you think.” A lot of people put off saving for retirement because they feel like they can’t put enough in. They feel like they don’t have a big enough “down payment” to get started.  But the...
Retirement and Divorce – How to Stop the Split from Undermining Your Future Security

Retirement and Divorce – How to Stop the Split from Undermining Your Future Security

by Michele Cagan | Jun 12, 2025 | Getting Divorced?, Personal Finance, Retirement Planning, Saving and Investing, You Need to Know This

Along with causing emotional and financial upset, divorce can also have an enormous effect on retirement savings. That’s especially true if, within the marriage, there was a significant earnings imbalance. For example, if one spouse earned substantially more than the...
How to Plan for Retirement at Any Age – So You Can Stop Working When YOU Want To

How to Plan for Retirement at Any Age – So You Can Stop Working When YOU Want To

by Michele Cagan | May 29, 2025 | Building a Nest, Retirement Planning, Saving and Investing

Retirement is about not HAVING to work to support yourself. It’s a time where living the way you want replaces being tied to a job. And it can take a while to save up enough to achieve that financial freedom.  The extra challenge comes in with all of the unknowns...

10 Things to Do Before You Start Investing

by Michele Cagan | Feb 15, 2025 | Saving and Investing, Single Mom CPA

Investing can move you closer to financial freedom. Building wealth gives you breathing room, eases financial anxiety, and opens up your world of possibilities. So many single moms are hesitant to take this step – it can feel uncomfortable, even scary, to make that...
How to turn $1 into $30,168

How to turn $1 into $30,168

by Michele Cagan | Feb 15, 2025 | Personal Finance, Retirement Planning, Saving and Investing

It’s hard to imagine saving $30,000. But $1 – that’s easy. And you can turn that $1 into $30,000 without breaking a sweat. All it takes is… Time. It’s one of the most important factors when it comes to building wealth. And the sooner you get started, the more time...

Getting Divorced? Get a QDRO

by Michele Cagan | Feb 15, 2025 | Building a Nest, Getting Divorced?, Retirement Planning, Saving and Investing, Single Mom CPA

Ladies, we are seriously behind when it comes to retirement savings – and divorce can make that picture even worse. So if your husband has built up a sizable retirement nest egg during the marriage…and you haven’t…you’re probably entitled to a good portion of that...
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