Archive for the ‘financial behavior’ Category

Recent Thinking About Retirement

While I was taking “Introduction to Financial Planning” last year, I used the formula in my textbook to figure out how much money we’re going to need in retirement income.  This is the formula your planner, if you have one, would also have been taught to use. First, planners take 80 percent of your salary, […]

Freezer Behavior

I found my freezer door standing open when I went out to the garage to get a frozen dish to go with corn on the cob one day last week. First, I noticed the water in the tray in the bottom, then I touched the warm box of veggie samosas. I understood that I wasn’t […]