Chuck Saletta

Make sure your own financial house is in order before you go seeking out any bargain-priced businesses the stock market may be offering you.

Knowing that the market would crash was the easy part. Knowing when it would happen is something else entirely.

When you successfully split your long-term needs from your short-term needs, you can find potential bargains amid the market's panic and thus help fund the longer-term part of your retirement plan.

These companies look solid enough to survive the mess and thrive. That could help you fund your kids' educations.

As the old saying goes, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

The market's panic over coronavirus fears has put some remarkably solid companies on sale. That sale may not last long.

Smaller companies often have better flexibility to adapt to changing marketplace dynamics than bigger ones do. That can help them emerge from a crisis stronger than before.

As the old saying goes, be greedy when others are fearful. With the market swooning from coronavirus fears, now may just be a great time to start getting greedy.

If saving a little bit each month doesn't appeal to you, what about scrimping and saving for one year to come up with a single substantial investment?

But that doesn't make it easy.

A remarkably straightforward path can get you from $0 to millionaire status within the length of a typical career.

As the old saying goes, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

An unexpected need to pay elementary school tuition cost us far more than we had bargained for.

Perhaps the best benefit from trying comes in reaching financial freedom.

A long-term focus works for investors and the companies they buy.

These companies offer investors both decent income, and potential income growth.

What better way to focus on the long term than to own companies that tend to pay their shareholders more each and every year?

Your time, money, and health are key priorities to address in your retirement plan.

Why offer an interest-free loan of your money to Uncle Sam?

Time is running out to get yourself set up for success when tax filing season starts up early next year.