First Command Financial Services, Inc., has awarded $250,000 to First Command Educational Foundation’s financial literacy program for Texas high school students, paving the way for a national expansion of this important initiative.
Middle-class Americans have long regarded retirement as the end of a lifetime financial race. They have viewed this time as their “golden years,” a well-earned rest filled with hobbies, family visits and travel – and untroubled by the daily demands
Here’s another reason to embrace frugal living – it makes you feel healthier. The majority of middle-class Americans say they are healthier today thanks to the frugal behaviors they’ve been pursuing during the recent economic turmoil, according to
Looking for a way to create tax-free income in retirement? The federal government has a great deal for you. For 2010 the Internal Revenue Service has lifted the $100,000 income limit on Roth IRA conversions, and it is allowing investors to pay the
Our government seems to run on a dizzying array of acronyms. Among others, you’re asked to decode terms like TSP, FEGLI and FEHB. For recently hired federal employees, the challenges of working for the nation’s largest employer can prove
Amid rising unemployment and vanishing jobs, higher education has moved front and center as a vital solution for displaced workers and students looking to acquire the training and skills to compete in the global marketplace. First Command Educational
For the past several months we’ve seen encouraging signs that the economy may be turning the corner. The stock market has experienced some welcomed gains, and home prices are stabilizing in many areas.
In these trying economic times, Americans have turned to the news media for the latest information and analysis. And the news media has turned to First Command. Print and broadcast journalists throughout the country have sought out members of the
To say that Americans have been spooked by the gloom and doom of economic reports is putting it lightly. The fact is most of us have at some point in our lives made a rash decision out of fear that we later regretted and many of us have put off
As we look back at our recent economic troubles, American families stand out as some of the heroes of the crisis. Rather than waiting on the government for help, they have diligently started to bail themselves out of their financial problems. They