“You don’t really do this stuff—do you?” The question came from a major network anchor after the camera stopped rolling. The topic was budgeting. He certainly isn’t obtuse, and he wasn’t being ...

This content is provided to Johns Hopkins employees through a partnership with Marsh McLennan Agency, or MMA. If you've never created a budget, the task can seem daunting, especially if you're trying ...

Preparing for the future, especially from a financial standpoint, is crucial for all businesses. Companies need to forecast their revenue and expenses to ensure they remain profitable. Budget planning ...

The 50/30/20 rule is a beginner-friendly budget guide you can start following today. The 50/30/20 rule provides a way to simply break up your after-tax income. With this rule, there are three ...

Setting up a budget is no one’s idea of fun. After all, we’d all like to spend what we make: The satisfaction of instant gratification trumps prudent long-term money management. And of course, ...

A professor once told me his trick to happiness: treat your hobby like a career, but more important. Those of us who eat up all types of hobbies—from comics to video games to DIY projects—know that a ...

Maybe you love budgeting. Maybe you hate it. Maybe you gamify your budget to reach your goals. Or maybe you think that budgeting is just downright frustrating. Regardless of how you feel about ...

The main budget serves as a great baseline. As part of the budgeting and review process meet with decision makers on all the fantastic, new ideas you could layer on top of it that you have outlined in ...

A fresh new year offers numerous opportunities to envision how you want the year ahead of you to look. It’s an especially good time to tackle a new (or a first) budget for the family that will help ...