Posts for Evolution of Wealth


Yakezie Challenge Link Rodeo – Special Midweek Edition

From Evolution of Wealth
July 14, 2010 at 11:12 pm
If you’re not familiar with the Yakezie Challenge by now you’ve really missed the boat.  This is a great group of personal finance bloggers that are doing a ton for ... (more)

The Corporation

From Evolution of Wealth
July 1, 2010 at 11:06 am
A business can be operated in an unincorporated form, such as a sole proprietorship or a partnership, or the business can be operated in an incorporated form, such as a corporation. ... (more)

The Partnership

From Evolution of Wealth
June 24, 2010 at 10:44 am
A partnership is “an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business for profit.” It is a contractual relationship between the persons who have combined ... (more)

How is Life Insurance Underwritten?

From Evolution of Wealth
June 21, 2010 at 11:01 am
People always wonder how underwriting works for life insurance. It is a personal thing to go through. I don’t think anyone is truly comfortable with an insurance company ... (more)

The Sole Proprietorship

From Evolution of Wealth
June 17, 2010 at 10:58 am
The sole proprietorship is the simplest, most efficient, and flexible form of business enterprise. Most business will start out as a sole proprietor ship and the later develop ... (more)

Understanding Long-Term Care

From Evolution of Wealth
June 15, 2010 at 10:50 am
What is Long-Term Care (LTC)? Personal care or supervision needed by persons of all ages for an extended period of time Associated with the effects of aging, but may be needed ... (more)

Response to Term vs Whole Life Insurance

From Evolution of Wealth
May 1, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I guess I just can’t help but respond so I’m going to do it here.  First to understand this post you’ll have to go read Term vs Whole Life Insurance – ... (more)

Understanding Long-Term Care Insurance

From Evolution of Wealth
April 30, 2010 at 6:54 pm
A long-term care insurance policy is one way to pay for future long-term care costs.  There are 5 types of long-term care.  Without the proper planning you may not be able to ... (more)

5 Types of Long-Term Care & Costs

From Evolution of Wealth
April 28, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Most people think of long-term care as a form of institutionalization.  The truth is that there are varying degrees of long-term care depending on the situation of the person ... (more)

Sunday Link Rodeo 24

From Evolution of Wealth
April 26, 2010 at 10:19 am
A tough Sunday in the Boston area with both the Celtics and the Red Sox taking losses.  With the Red Sox there is a long, long way to go.  I’m thinking the Celtics just ... (more)

Book Giveaway: Enjoy Your Money!

From Evolution of Wealth
April 21, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I love a good giveaway.  Due to the increasing popularity of this blog (thank you Yakezie), readers of Evolution Of Wealth will have an opportunity to win a personal finance ... (more)

7 Ways Permanent Life Insurance Isn’t Permanent

From Evolution of Wealth
April 20, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I was reading Clarifinancial’s post about whole life insurance that doesn’t last a lifetime.  That got me thinking about writing a blog post myself to get into more ... (more)

Sunday Link Rodeo 23

From Evolution of Wealth
April 18, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Let the playoffs begin.  I’m a fan of all Boston sports teams so right now I’m enjoying the Bruins and Celtics playoff wins yesterday.  Both teams had a tough season ... (more)

5 More Ways Group Disability Insurance Disappoints

From Evolution of Wealth
April 2, 2010 at 10:27 am
If you are like most people, you might see that your company offers you some pretty good benefits.  One of those benefits just might be group disability insurance.  You say ... (more)

Life Insurance’s Recent Overhaul

From Evolution of Wealth
March 30, 2010 at 4:21 pm
There was a huge change that took place in the life insurance industry recently.  This is driven by a new rule for calculating insurance costs that went into effect January 2009. ... (more)

Sunday Link Rodeo 22

From Evolution of Wealth
March 28, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I owe a personal Thank You to every member of the Yakezie.  For those of you who don’t know, the Yakezie is a great group of personal finance bloggers that have come together ... (more)

Mortgage Acceleration Experiment – Full Picture

From
March 24, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Some of you might being wondering why the title of my last post on mortgage acceleration included the words “tunnel vision” at the end.  The reason is because I really

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Mortgage Acceleration Experiment – Tunnel Vision

From Evolution of Wealth
March 22, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I was reading Accelerating Our Mortgage Payments to Save Money and it included a lot of personal information on her mortgage situation.  It listed out all the numbers that went ... (more)

Sunday Link Rodeo 21

From
March 21, 2010 at 11:38 pm

Make sure not to miss these great personal finance posts from the past week:
12 Common Sense Principles for Successful Investing from @rjweiss A great, concise and easy to read

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What Every Life Insurance Policy Shouldn’t Be Without

From
March 16, 2010 at 11:47 pm

There’s one thing that every life insurance policy you have should not be without: waiver of premium.
Waiver of premium is a rider that you can add to any type of life insurance

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Sunday Link Rodeo 20

From Evolution of Wealth
March 14, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Highlighting just some of the great personal finance blog posts of this past week. What’s Your Magic Number? The (literally) million-dollar question from @leanlifecoach (guest ... (more)

Hidden Gem of Life Insurance Policies

From Evolution of Wealth
March 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm
The earliest life insurance policy on record was issued on June 15, 1583 in London on the life of William Gybbons.  It was for a 12-month period. Life insurance was born as annual ... (more)

7 Disability Insurance Add-on Features

From
March 6, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Last week we started by looking at some sweet spots for your disability insurance policies.  This week we are going to jump right into looking at some add-on features that you

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Secondary Guarantees Ruin Flexibility

From Evolution of Wealth
March 3, 2010 at 1:24 pm
One of the biggest selling points for Universal Life insurance policies today are their secondary guarantees. Have you ever heard of them?  What’s been happening with Universal ... (more)

Defining Financial Planning

From Evolution of Wealth
March 2, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Has anyone ever asked you what your definition of financial planning is? There is no right or wrong answer.  In fact, I think I’ll pose this question on FiLife.com and ... (more)