The whole life portion of your insurance will always cost more than term life. With a whole life insurance product that expectation that they're gong to pay at some point is far, far, far higher. It's meant to last your whole life. Is meant to be there when you die. So for that reason, the cost of insurance is going to be expedientially higher than it will be for a term life policy. And part of the reason i think you should get rid of it actually has more to do with the fact that you don't eally know why you have it and also that you think you're spending 700 dollars a month, because you're not.
#350: Anonymous and her husband have set themselves on the path of saving for retirement. But an old mistake haunts them: a financial planner convinced them to buy a mix of whole and term life insurance, which costs them $700 per month. Do they need whole life insurance, and where else can they save their money?
Mike has $60,000 in cash earning one percent interest. He has plans to buy a home and get married in three to five years. Where else can he put his cash to earn a little more? Is the stock market too risky for such a short time horizon?
Anonymous and her future husband are wondering: what’s a realistic amount to spend on a wedding?
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