The Retirement Planner / LR Financial

10/26/2026

The sooner you begin investing, the longer your money can work for you.

Procrastination can be costly. When you get a late start, it may be difficult to make up for lost time.

10/23/2026

How literate are you when it comes to your finances? Brush up with these five basics.

10/21/2026

Do you know the difference between a credit lock and a credit freeze?

Learn the ins and outs of credit locks, freezes, and more.

10/19/2026

Bedtime Story: U.S. Federal Tax Code. How many pages have you read?

An inside look at how marginal income tax brackets work.

10/16/2026

To make money harder to copy, there have been continual changes to the artwork, paper and ink.

Combating counterfeiting remains core to preserving the integrity of the nation’s money.

10/14/2026

What actually happens when the U.S. government shuts down?

This handy interactive explains which essential government services are affected by a shutdown.

10/12/2026

If you want to avoid any potential surprises at tax time, it may make sense to know where you stand when it comes to the AMT.

If you want to avoid potential surprises at tax time, it may make sense to know where you stand when it comes to the AMT.

10/09/2026

Thinking about a prepaid debit card? Consider the pros and cons.

10/08/2026

Stocks finished the third quarter mixed. The S&P 500 gained 2.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.47%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.70%. Halloween is next on the calendar, with U.S. consumers expected to spend \$13.5 billion USD this year and 6.26 million Canadian children in their trick-or-treating years.

Stocks were mixed in the third quarter as economic, geopolitical, and corporate earnings news pushed the broad market higher while weighing on the Dow Industrials.