By Brian Preston, 9 months and 4 days ago

Welcome, fivecentnickel visitors!

Welcome to Brian Preston's “Money Guy” blog and podcast! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our free RSS feed or email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!

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If you're arriving by way of my "Words of Wisdom from Warren Buffett" guest blog post on fivecentnickel, welcome! I'm excited to be hosting such a financially savvy group of visitors ;-)

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By Brian Preston, 9 months and 6 days ago

Creating a Retirement Withdrawal Plan

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Retirement by scottwillsI talk about the need to save for retirement all the time on the Money Guy Show. However, I have not done a show discussing what you can expect from these savings once you hit the retirement phase of your life. Before all of my young readers and listeners tune out or click to close this post let me remind you that retirement hits us all. If you are not personally approaching retirement age then you probably have friends and family that will be there shortly. I also have to believe that if you are listening to a financial podcast you are probably the person that your friends and family count on to know the answers to all of their financial questions. In other words hang in there with me and you just may learn something that could help you build your financial knowledge as well as understand what it takes to have a healthy retirement plan.

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By Brian Preston, 9 months and 13 days ago

Time and Money - it can be your best friend

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Obstacles by renoir_girlI was asked to write a guest post for fivecentnickel.com that will be posted while nickel is on vacation. I decided to base my post on the timeless advice of Warren Buffett and some of his most notable quotes. As I was researching the post I could not help but notice a trend in Buffett's quotes: growing money takes time and patience.

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By Brian Preston, 9 months and 20 days ago

Should You Prepay Your Mortgage and Mutual Fund Opportunities

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One Pound | Photo by Rev Dan CattHave you ever wondered if you should prepay your mortgage? In today's show I give you the information to make an informed decision based upon your personal situation. We take into account the analytical side of the decision as well as the emotional relief that can come from being DEBT FREE....

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