Happy Halloween everyone! Since most people will be out celebrating Trick or Treating tonight, I thought we’d do a very brief post of something truly alarming! No, it’s not about ghosts, monsters, or anything else from the paranormal. This is something much more frightening – These are scary retirement statistics!
The reason these should terrify you is because, unlike a superstitious ghost story, these statistics tell a very real story. And if they are any indication of things to come, reality is going to be pretty grim for a lot of people. Read these numbers and tell me they don’t paint a pretty chilling picture of the future to come!
The following figures are from Statistic Brain and are overwhelmingly alarming:

In keeping with the Halloween theme this week and the fact that this is a personal finance blog, I thought I’d combine those two aspects into a topic question for the day: What’s your scariest money story? It could be a story about something that happened to you in real life or an actual nightmare you had money. Either way will work.
When you are starting out in business for the first time, you are likely to encounter a wide range of both expected and unexpected costs, with even just one seemingly small oversight having the potential for a big impact on the finances of your company. Whether you’d like to save money on all of that vital office equipment or would be interested in knowing how to 
Recently my wife and I just renewed our medical flexible spending account. As silly as it may sound, we’re pretty happy to see that extra $50 to $100 in our checking account every two weeks. Even though we’ve always used one of these plans through her employer, I’m always surprised when I talk to other couples and find out just how many people DON’T use them. Or even know they exist!
For about 99% of us, nothing will be more crucial to our finances and 
One of the best (and cheapest) things I like to do around Halloween time is to rent a whole bunch of my favorite scary movies. I just love them! I’m always on the lookout for new ones that are well written, brilliantly performed, and … well … scary! While I can admit that a lot of the mainstream horror movies out there fall short of this mark, there have been a few that were exceptionally good.
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