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Joe Plemon: Financial Writer

No Retirement Plan and I’m 48 Years Old

January 16, 2014 by Joe Plemon 5 Comments

No Retirement Plan and I'm 48 Years Old

Q: Joe, I am 48 years old and have not yet made any plans for my retirement.  I realize that I should have started years ago, so I am anxious to begin investing.  My wife and I have a good income ($7000 a month take home pay).  We also have $25,000 in credit card debt […]

Filed Under: Retirement

5 Feeble Excuses for Not Living on a Budget

January 6, 2014 by Joe Plemon 17 Comments

5 Feeble Excuses for Not Living on a Budget

Suppose you were hired to manage the funds for an entity which will be spending over $1.5 million dollars.  Now imagine that your employer asks to see your budget report.  If you say,  “I don’t use a budget…I tried it once and it didn’t work,” do you think you would still have a job?  Of […]

Filed Under: Budgeting

Moses’ Amazing Choice: The Key to His Greatness

December 31, 2013 by Joe Plemon Leave a Comment

Moses, by any standard, was a great man — he was instrumental in liberating an entire nation from slavery.  Yet his path toward this success was cluttered with obstacles, the most prominent being the huge wealth at his fingertips by virtue of being an adopted son of the leader of richest nation in the world.

Filed Under: Biblical Thoughts On Finance

Lessons My Early Morning Paper Route Taught Me

December 9, 2013 by Joe Plemon 3 Comments

I never received an allowance, nor did I ever expect one.  My older siblings (there were six of us altogether) worked for their spending money, so I always assumed I would do likewise.   Although I picked up a few bucks mowing lawns in the neighborhood, at age 14 I sought and secured my first real […]

Filed Under: Dollars and Sense, Self Improvement

Recipe for Greatness…It May Surprise You

December 2, 2013 by Joe Plemon 3 Comments

photo credit: neyugnd “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.” (Mark 10:43 MSG) Tale of two bosses During my last two summers before graduating from college, I worked as an engineering apprentice on the construction of Interstate 57 in southern Illinois. I was on a survey crew that first summer, driving hundreds of […]

Filed Under: Biblical Thoughts On Finance

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