February is the month when our country takes time to remember and celebrate Black History. We give honor to our great ancestors and rejoice about how far we’ve come. In parades, poems, church services and school performances, the nation commends the leaps and bounds we have traveled and the heroes who have guided us along the way. […]
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Gone are the days when a standard-size photo album could hold a year’s worth of photos. Now, thanks to smartphones and high-end digital cameras, the average person captures multiple images per day. In fact, according to InfoTrends, more than one trillion photos are taken each year—that’s an estimated 160 photos per person. Read more at https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-photo-storage/
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Tuesday marked the beginning of a special open enrollment period for anyone who needs health insurance or is interested in changing their 2021 plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace as implemented under the Affordable Care Act. The special open enrollment will run through May 15, and the folks at Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy have offered up answers to some of […]
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Financial stability is an essential part of our hopes and dreams – it can be in the form of short or long-term savings, deposit for rent, buying a car or home or accessing credit and much more. It is important to build financial resilience and strong capabilities. However, access to information regarding financial matters remains […]
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A major freak-out for anyone looking at retirement—and 40 is not too young to start worrying—is the amount they need to save toward the day they stop working. Lewis Walker, a financial planning and investment strategist at Capital Insight Group in Peachtree Corners, Ga., takes us through this knotty question. Read more at https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencelight/2021/02/14/finding-how-much-money-you-need-to-retire/?sh=61af4e3326b6
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