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The Twelve Big Numbers
Retirement Savings 

The big 12 numbers of retirement

30 April 201929 January 2021 Mark Mason 403b (401k), IRA, Paul Merriman

There were 12 apostles. There are 12 months in a year. 12 inches in a foot. 12 numbers on a clock. And 12 eggs in a container. I guess it shouldn’t surprise us that our friend, Paul Merriman, has come up with the big 12 numbers of retirement.

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Open door slowly
Investments Retirement Warnings for Expats! 

How to open a US brokerage account while abroad

27 May 201829 January 2021 Mark Mason IRA, Mark Zoril

They chuckled and hung up the phone, didn’t they? Yep, you called XYZ Brokerage of St. Louis, Missouri to open

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Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! Winning Financial Freedom 

10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

24 May 201829 January 2021 David Kuenzi 403b (401k), Foreign Tax, IRA, Thun Financial, US tax

10, 12 or 200 mistakes. Each one weighs heavily on the limited-income, US expatriate. So, while a few of these

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Think Plan Act
Investments Retirement Winning Financial Freedom 

6 investing steps to act on now!

15 May 201829 January 2021 Josh Johansen 403b (401k), IRA, Josh Johansen

I hope you’ll read this and find some motivation to act. I have spent over 20 years advising and consulting

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We've got questions!
Earnings Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! 

Top expat questions

20 April 201829 January 2021 Mark Mason 403b (401k), 529 College Account, College, Foreign Tax, IRA, US tax

A well-meaning friend recently told me that US expat missionaries and nonprofit workers have basically the same personal finance issues

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Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! 

Don’t Invest in an IRA!

27 March 201829 January 2021 Mark Mason 403b (401k), IRA, US tax

If you search online for the “best retirement account,” most websites will hands-down recommend the Roth IRA for most people

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Retirement Taxation 

Where to put your retirement dollars?

16 March 201829 January 2021 Mark Mason 403b (401k), IRA

A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through my favorite Facebook Finance group called Dough Rollers (if you ask nicely, they’ll

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Man Looking into Distance
Retirement 

Retirement: Working on Your Life After Work

Having “The Talk” During my most recent visit to the USA, a pastor friend of a supporting church sat me

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Truth vs Lie
Investments Retirement 

Investing: Two Truths and a Lie

I can hear it now. Why does Mark have a section on investing? Doesn’t he know that nonprofit workers live

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