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April 4, 2025
Is 2021 Off To A Good Start?
If You Thought That 2020 Was Bad… You Would Think That 2021 Has It EasyLet’s face it – 2020 sucked; There was a global pandemic, quarantines, a market crash (and yes I can use that term as it was a more than 30% decline at one point), and most of…
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April 4, 2025
The Markets This Week
The Financial Review for Week of January 11 THE WEEK ON WALL STREET Shrugging off COVID-19 infections and the disruption at the Capitol on January 6, stocks powered higher to kick off a new year of trading.The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.61%, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 increased by…
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April 4, 2025
Market Predictions – #trendcasting
US Treasuries Flashing A Warning Sign? Last night in our first Thirsty for knowledge Thursday of the New Year we the state of the state of the financial markets and where we see things headed from here. It was a little bit of looking back to see what’s ahead with a little…
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April 4, 2025
#1 Retirement Question is the Wrong Question
WHEN? The #1 questions that is asked of anyone planning or thinking about retirement is “When do you want to retire” or it may be re-phrased as “At what age do you want to retire”. While this question is a consideration, it is definitely not the most important question to ask. That question is HOW? As in “How…
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April 4, 2025
Speed Bumps on your Retirement Journey
There are plenty of potholes to avoid along your way… Once you have your figures & numbers firmed up, and you’ve poltted out a course for whn you will be retiring. The next step is to make sure that you will stay on course. And just like when you are…
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April 4, 2025
What’s In Your Buckets?
The 3 Functions of Your Money in Retirement What’s In Your Buckets? When you are in retirement there are only three (3) things that your money is there to do; Generate Income Provide Liquidity Leave A Legacy That’s it! And I know this sounds simplistic, but the problem that most retirees…
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April 4, 2025
Change Your Spending Habits
7 Steps to Change Your Spending Ways Here are 7 ways that you can impact the way your spend, or steps that you can take to help manage or change some habits you may developed when it comes to parting with your money: 1. CASH ONLYCredit, and especially ATM cards, make it…
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April 4, 2025
5 Ways to Save Money
Ways to help you save more money Sometimes the hardest thing about saving money is just getting started. These are a couple of our favorite ways to save money. Hopefully you will be able to try a couple, or all of these steps to help you develop a simple and…
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April 4, 2025
7 Steps to Build A Better Budget
You Cannot Save Until You Know What You Spend My belief has always been that there are 3 kinds of people when it comes to having a budget; the first knows exactly where everything is spent. They have spreadsheets and trackers and can tell you exactly where they stand. Person…
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April 4, 2025
Making Change(s) is Hard
Habits Are Hard To Break Change, in any form, is a process, and it ain’t easy. It is even more challenging when we are dealing with a long-standing belief or habit. Then trying to change can become downright painful, even crippling, when we are dealing with things that havwe an…
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April 4, 2025
GIVE IT TO ME NOW!
Every Decision Is A Retirement Decision DELAYED GRATIFICATIONThat really is the question that drives everything when we are talking about Saving, and we don’t care what youa re saving for; new home, upgrade your car, education or retirement. Can I hold off and not spend today, so that I will…
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April 4, 2025
Annuities Are Bad
Actually it should be phrased “Are Annuities Bad”? Annuities are bad, at least that’s what everyone says…right?Let’s start with what an annuity is: An annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals for a set period of time. What are examples of an annuity? Social Security is one.…
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April 4, 2025
Time Value of Money
The Opportunity Cost of Money TIME VALUE OF MONEYFor most of us this tends to cause our eyes to glaze over whenever someone starts to go into the details around this subject. It breaks down into 2 parts;PART A – The money you have today is worth than the money you…
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April 4, 2025
Talking to Kids About Money (part 1)
At What Age Should I Start The Conversation? Research shows that kids can start learning about money as early as Age 3 and the more often you have those conversations with them the better they fare later in life, so let’s get things started. WHY 3? Here’s what they can do at…
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April 4, 2025
Talk to Your Kids About Money (Part 2)
HELPING YOUR CHILD BE SMART WITH MONEY We all know that the earlier you start learning a language, the easier it will be to master it. Learning any foreign language at the age of 4 is much easier than at the age of 40. The same applies to managing your…
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April 4, 2025
Social Security Claiming
AT WHAT AGE CAN I CLAIM SOCIAL SECURITY? The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Talk To Your Kids About Money (Part 3)
LEAD BY EXAMPLE As a parent, I believe, that the number 1 goal we have for our children is that they grow up to be healthy and responsible adults. That we have taken the time to teach them good values, the difference between right & wrong, and to be a…
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April 4, 2025
Is Cash Really Still the King
Cash vs. Credit – Who Wins This Battle? This is to be a 5 Round Challenge In this corner we have the reigning long-time king of the ring – CASH, In the other corner we have the new up-and-comer CREDIT. We will be judging each round and then announcing the…
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April 4, 2025
Paying For Your Phone WIth A Plan
EVEN A LITTLE DEBT ADDS UP QUICKLY… BUYING YOUR PHONE ON A PAYMENT PLAN When you buy your phone on a paymnet plan you are putting yourself in debt. Let’s say you buy a $1,000 phone and you paid the tax upfront, you now owe $1,000, even if that’s split up…
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April 4, 2025
Renting vs Buying A Home
Pro’s & Con’s and Which Makes Sense for You Is buying a home right for you? Should I rent or buy a home? It’s not an easy question to answer, and there’s a lot to take into account when weighing such a big decision. Regardless of your financial situation, renting…
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April 4, 2025
PUA & TAXES
The American Rescue Plan and Filing PUA Taxes Here’s how it affects PUA: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) now runs through the week ending September 4, 2021. Do I automatically get the extension?You can or will depending. The best thing to do is to continue to file your weekly certifications. You should see…
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April 4, 2025
Divorce
Being Financially Prepared For A Divorce The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Life Insurance
5 THINGS ABOUT WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE Are you struggling to figure out if whole life insurance is a good product for you to buy then here are five benefits to help you make that decision benefit #1 CONTROL – is control when you have a whole life insurance product you are signing…
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April 4, 2025
What’s In Your (Bitcoin) Wallet?
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April 4, 2025
What is Cryptocurrency?
You Can’t Help But Hear The Hype on Bitcoin It is very difficult today not to have heard of Bitcoin. And by now you’ve probably seen the hype it has had over the last few weeks reaching all-time highs, and then boom! it starts dropping and loses $1,000s of dollars…
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April 4, 2025
SELL IN MAY & GO AWAY (Part 2)
LETTING GO OF A GOOD THING EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNERSometimes having a little too much, especially when it comes to investments isn’t always a good thing. We tend to want to stick with something that is doing well, but is that a suitable approach?Just like about anything else that you…
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April 4, 2025
Negotiating Skills
3 Tips to Improve your Negostiating Skills How can you improve your negotiation skills? Even if you hate to negotiate. Even if you are afraid to get started with it. Even if you have no idea where to begin. We will share 3 TIPS to help you get started. TIP #1…
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April 4, 2025
CREATING WEALTH
7 Thoughts for Creating Wealth Building wealth comes in many different forms, if you plan on a slow & steady accumulation then setting up a savings plan and investing $50 to $100 per month into a Roth IRA. But that is a long, slow ride that takes a lot of…
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April 4, 2025
Creating Wealth at Different Ages
Wealth Building at Different Ages Building Wealth at Different Ends of the Age SpectrumThink about what your life was like 5 or 10 years ago. It probably looked a little different then it does now, right? Maybe you were still in school, or you weren’t married yet and didn’t have…
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April 4, 2025
The Secret Cost of Pets
It Costs How Much To Own A Pet? The Realities Of Owning A PetOK, so cats and dogs have been friends with humanity for tens of thousands of years, and in the early days the relationship was fairly mutually beneficial, the animals got a safer life with plenty of scraps…
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April 4, 2025
Preparing For A Major Purchase
7 QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU PREPARE 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Make a Big Purchase It’s important to make sure that you’re financially ready to make a large purchase–and that it fits in your budget. Everyone hass a different ideda of what qualifies as a big purchase and it…
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April 4, 2025
SELL IN MAY & GO AWAY (Part 1)
WASH YOUR HANDS & (please) TOUCH YOUR 401(k) WASH YOUR HANDS & TOUCH YOUR 401(k)Around this time last year as all of us were settliong in to the beginnings of the pandemic we were parrying the CDC’s catchphrase of “Wash your hands and don’t touch your face” by trying to give a…
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April 4, 2025
Divorce & Special Needs
Divorce & Special Needs – 3 THings to Consider 5 Things to Consider When Divorce Involves a Special Needs Child Custody, Visitation & Support Considerations and a divorce action can be complicated. However, when a child has special needs, those concerns and the decisions that have to be made are all…
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April 4, 2025
Networking: 3 Ways To Start A Conversation
Here Are 3 Ways To Open A Conversation With Anyone The question we get asked often is “How do I start a conversation at a networking event?” or “how do I start a conversation at a bar?”, or maybe “How do I start a conversation at a party?” We spoke in…
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April 4, 2025
Networking: 5 Tips to Help You Networking
Think 5 When It Comes to Networking 5 TIPS TO HELP YOU BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT NETWORKINGIn 2019 (prior to COVID) I went to over 90 in-person networking events. 90! If you travel back in time some 20+ years ago when I started in financial services I couldn’t fathom even…
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April 4, 2025
Charitable Gifting Part 1
Charitable Gift Annuities This week is all about donors. And today is about charitable gift annuities. if you’re thinking that a charitable gift annuity might be right for you, or you’ve been thinking about ways you can make donations, then let’s spend a little time going over the basic of…
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April 4, 2025
The Secret Cost of Pets
Should You Have Pet Insurance? IS PET INSURANCE WORTH IT?Pet insurance is definitely worth it if you have a pet from a breed with a predisposition to chronic illnesses. Generally, the younger your pet when you obtain the insurance, the lower the premiums and deductibles will be. Pet insurance can also…
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April 4, 2025
Creating A Paycheck In Retirement
Begin WIth A Positive Mindset And Plan For Flexibility Don’t Fall for the Law of Scarcity Even the most optimistic person can develop a limiting mindset upon entering retirement, regardless of how much money they have accumulated. What is a limiting mindset? It basically means that you see resources and opportunities…
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April 4, 2025
Taking Your Dream Vacation
5 STEPS TO GET YOU TO YOUR DREAM VACATION Let’s face it, everybody has some place that they dream of going. Right now it may be nothing more than a spot on your bucket list (if you have one). And we know that for some of us the thought of…
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April 4, 2025
Taking Your Dream Vacation
Safety Steps When You Go Away Yay – You’re Going Away!But before we pack up the station wagon and take the family out on the “Holiday Road”, let’s make sure we are prepared. Travel safety begins before you even leave the house. From making sure your home is secure to brushing…
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April 4, 2025
IRA Mistakes To Avoid
SECURE ACT Changes to IRAs You Should Know… The SECURE Act took effect Jan. 1. The changes to IRA provisions, set forth below, may impact any number of types of IRA (e.g., traditional, Roth, inherited, deemed, Simple and SEP). Post-Death Minimum Required Distributions Accelerated—Elimination of the Stretch IRANew Rules: In general,…
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April 4, 2025
IRA Mistakes To Avoid
Required Minimum Distributions(RMDs) & What To Do The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Do I Need A Will?
Who Needs A Will Anyway? WHO NEEDS A WILL?We know what you’re thinking; I’m young and single—I don’t need a Will, right? Maybe. Here’s a quick look at who needs a will and who can get away without one (for now).What does a Will really do?If you pass away and…
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April 4, 2025
Saving vs Spending
Trying to find the balance: Do I spend for today or save for tomorrow? The battle that we wage Should I spend money today (to enjoy life) or save for the future? This is a common dilemma faced by most people. The amount of money you have is (sadly) limited. Naturally, you…
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April 4, 2025
Do I Need More Than A Will?
Other Legal Documents To Consider As Well I GOT A WILL, AM I ALL SET?The short answer is no, probably not. There are some other legal documents that you should have to go along with your Will. A reminder – these documents should be kept in a safe place that…
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April 4, 2025
Life Insurance Explained
Term vs Perm: It’s kind of like renting versus owning Let’s start with the simple premise that no matter who you are, that your life has significant, whether that value is to your family, or to your community, or both. The question is how do you replace that value if…
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April 4, 2025
Life Insurance – Who’s got you covered?
I’m All Set, I’ve Got Life Insurance Through My Employer Benefit Plans Are EssentialThe insurance coverage(s) provided through your employer sponsored benefit plans are important pieces of your financial plan. Think of them as the building blocks of your financial “house” (savings & investments). Without these critical coverages in place,…
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April 4, 2025
Warning Signs of Diminished Capacity
5 Signs To Watch For With Financial Capability Most of us probably think we know what to look for when a loved one is showing the signs of diminished capacity. But have you ever studied the subtle signs that should serve as red flags for you? Now is the time…
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April 4, 2025
Talking To Someone About Dementia Symptoms
6 Tips To Start The Conversation On Dementia With A Loved One For most of us the idea of broaching the subject of possible warning signs of dementia with a loved one is difficult, but for adult children with their parent it can feel overwhelming according to Alzheimer’s Association “…people…
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April 4, 2025
Budget & Cash Flow Strategies
Budget vs Cash Flow – Is There A Difference? What Is Cash Flow Planning?In simple terms, “cash flow” refers to all forms of cash and assets that come and go from anyone. Companies value cash flow because it offers a clear distinction between what they owe and what they’re earning.…
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April 4, 2025
Money Personalties
At ARIES Foundation our mission is trying to help everyone have a better relationship with their money, however when it comes to establishing financial health, one thing most people fail to consider is their money personality type or their approach and emotional responses to money.Part of our concept is the…
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April 4, 2025
Get More FInancial Aid
5 Steps TO Getting More FInancial Aid As the price of a college education continues to soar, most American families find themselves unable to save or put away enough money to meet the rising cost needs. Consider that the average cost for tuition and fees at an out-of-state public university…
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April 4, 2025
Protecting Your Identity
10 Rules to help protect your identity The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
New Scams in 2021
Meet the New Scam, Same as the Old Scam NEW SCAMS IN 2021It certainly seems like that the pandemic and shutdown did nothing to slow down the con artists and fraudsters out there, in fact, it feels like there are more and more scams popping up every week. Let’s take…
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April 4, 2025
Social Security Claiming
Step-by-Step to get your My Social Security Account How do I get a My Social Security Account?It’s very important in the world of senior benefits to have access directly online to what your benefits are going to be in the future, even if you’ve not yet applied, and to be…
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April 4, 2025
Social Security Taxation
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April 4, 2025
Can I Work & Collect Social Security?
4 Scenarios to help you understand working & collecting When it comes to Social Security benefits one of the top questions that we get asked at the ARIES Foundation is “Can I work and still collect Social Security?” On the face of it, it would seem like working while collecting…
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April 4, 2025
Student Loan Crisis
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April 4, 2025
Social Security Issues
Are There Fixes for Social Security? The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Why Credit Matters
Ways To Build Up Your Credit Score Does having a higher credit score really matter? Well, let’s take a look at some of the things having a higher credit score could do for you. By having better credit, then it is more likely that not only would you be likely…
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April 4, 2025
Why Credit Matters
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April 4, 2025
Life Insurance Q & A
5 REASONS TO CONSIDER HAVING LIFE INSURANCE The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Life Insurance Q & A on Term Coverage
What Is Term Insurance and How Does It Work? What is Term Life Insurance and How Does It Work? Term life insurance, which is sometimes referred to as pure life insurance ensures a payment of a death benefit, if the policyholder dies within a specific period of time. If the…
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April 4, 2025
Estate Planning Documents
4 Must-Have Estate Documents Today’s lesson is about some simple estate planning documents that it would benefit you to get these done now. We have clients coming in to us, generally in their 60s, and a lot of them turning 65, and talking to us about Medicare and then they…
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April 4, 2025
Healtcare in Retirement
Medicare – It Ain’t Free Planning for healthcare costs in retirement. One of the biggest misconceptions that people may have when it comes to healthcare costs in retirement is about Medicare, specifically with the notion that Medicare is free. Which unfortunately, is not true. So what should you be aware…
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April 4, 2025
Why Do Resolutions Fail?
This is a subtitle for your new post Research has shown it is more effective to make resolutions at New Year’s than at any other time of the year. In fact, one study found that people who made resolutions on January 1st were 10 times more likely to…
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April 4, 2025
Financial Goal Tips – Part 1
6 Ideas for Financial Goals Financial goal ideas to start out the new year and some tips for setting them up. There are so many different financial goals that you can set for yourself sometimes it can be fun to just take a look at all the different things that…
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April 4, 2025
Financial Goal Tips – Part 2
Have Some Fun With Financial Goal Setting This part 2 of our blog on financial goal ideas to start out the new year and some tips for setting them up. There are so many different financial goals that you can set for yourself sometimes it can be fun to just…
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April 4, 2025
why-do-we-make-resolutions
Think about why you want to make that goal… Every year, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions in an effort to improve their lives and achieve their goals. But have you ever stopped to wonder why we make resolutions in the first place? There are a…
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April 4, 2025
Set & Keep Your Financial Goals
Steps to take to make your 2023 Financial Goals a Reality! The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Wants vs Needs: Understanding the Difference
As Veruka would say, “I want it now…” In today’s consumer-driven society, it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that we need to have everything we want. However, the truth is that there is a big difference between wants and needs, and understanding that difference can help us…
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April 4, 2025
If you’re using your cat as a heating pad, then we’re in a recession
If you’re only using your TV as a mirror, then we’re probably in a recession… Recessions are a normal part of the economic cycle, but they can be difficult to predict and even harder to navigate. However, there are several indicators that can signal that an economy is in a…
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April 4, 2025
What do you call a goal that’s always changing? A Wish List.
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April 4, 2025
9 Tips To Save Money Fast
42% of American Adults have less than $1,000 in savings Whether you’re a home-owner, renting, or living with family members, nearly every American struggles with saving their hard-earned cash. In fact, debt has become a way of life for most of us, ensuring that our savings are eaten away by…
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April 4, 2025
Why does it Costs more for a Dozen Eggs than a Gallon of Gas?
We’re not suggesting you cancel your Easter Egg Hunt plans, but you might want to stock up on those plastic eggs, just in case… The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or…
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April 4, 2025
A very expensive game of chicken with the US Fed
We’re spending like there’s no tomorrow… We saved up a lot during the years of the pandemic, and now it appears we are spending it. Americans have begun financing their new spending habits with credit cards and draining their savings in recent months, as the cost of living soars. Some…
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April 4, 2025
7 Ways to Reduce our Taxes
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April 4, 2025
Delivering Financial Education
How Do You Want Your Financial Education Delivered? The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
When is a bailout not a bailout?
If it walks like a duck then it’s probably a bailout… When is a bailout not a bailout? Let’s start in Silicon Valley with the biggest bank failure since the 2009 financial crisis. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was among the go-to banks for start-ups and biotech companies. It’s growth in…
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April 4, 2025
How to achieve financial wellness
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April 4, 2025
The #1 reason that the banks will fail…
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April 4, 2025
Inflation is getting serious – it’s hitting our beer!
Now it’s getting out of control – this is beer we’re talking about… To The FED – Banks are 1 thing, but this my beer! Fed chief Jerome Powell did his part in helping to stem a banking crisis in March, but he hasn’t been able to halt another crisis…
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April 4, 2025
Correction Again, Really?
Hey, Mr. (Fed) DJ – Can you play something else for a change? After a really lousy go of it last week the S&P 500 dropped into Correction territory…again. No, your radio isn’t busted, it’s just the Fed DJ has been blasting out the same old inflationary song for so…
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April 4, 2025
Halloween wasn’t so scary after all
The projection was to spend a record 12.2 Billion (that’s a lot of candy…) And it just might bode well for things going forward from here… We told you last week that the S&P 500 had dipped into correction on Friday, 10/27. A seasonal run from the mid-year…
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April 4, 2025
Got your Wayferers on?
The stock market is so bright that you’re gonna need to wear shades… The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Why is it so hard to get a cup of coffee?
When a (jobs) report doesn’t tell the whole story… The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
Thought There Would Be A Safe Landing?
Now It Looks Like No Landing At All… The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
When being a passive investor can be too passive
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April 4, 2025
You’re Not Feeling So Good Right Now
And You’re Not Alone! The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
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April 4, 2025
3 Paychecks This Month
This is a subtitle for your new post Here’s a look at when your three-paycheck months will be, based on when you received your first paycheck of the year. If you received your first paycheck of 2024 on January 5, you’ll receive three paychecks in March and August. March pay…
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April 4, 2025
8 Money Makes to before the year ends
Completing these financial tasks before year-end can help set you up for financial success in the New Year. 1. Perform a cash flow checkup Compare your monthly spending amounts with the amount you expected to spend. Did you spend more, less, or about the same? Recommended viewing: SavingvsSpending 2. Shore up…
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April 4, 2025
Surviving Black Friday Financially
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April 4, 2025
Budgeting is just like trying to Diet
Why Trying to Budget is Like Going on a Diet (And Why It Often Fails) Budgeting and dieting are two of the most common self-improvement goals people set for themselves. Both aim to bring about positive changes—whether it’s financial stability or better health. However, many find that sticking to a…
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April 4, 2025
Why Do Resolutions Fail by Mid-January?
How To Avoid The Quitters Day Trap Have you ever noticed how New Year’s resolutions seem to lose their sparkle by the second or third week of January? If so, you’re not alone. Statistics show that most people abandon their resolutions within a few weeks of setting them. But why…
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April 4, 2025
Don’t Let Yourself Become The Story
We’ve all known someone who this has happened to… Do you ever hear stories about people whose lives were turned upside down after a tragedy? Someone who became unexpectedly ill, suffered a disabling accident, or passed away without warning? Often, what follows is an all-too-familiar tale: a family left struggling…
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April 4, 2025
Financial Challenges Face By Americans in 2024
Will 2025 Be Any Different? Financial Challenges Faced by Americans in 2024In 2024, Americans encountered numerous financial hurdles that affected their ability to save and manage their finances effectively. Inflation was a major concern, driving up the costs of essentials like housing, groceries, and utilities, which strained household budgets.Credit card…
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April 4, 2025
The January Barometer and 2018: A Cautionary Tale for 2025 Amid New Trade Tensions
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April 4, 2025
Why the Cost of Eggs and Gasoline May Skew an Investor’s View of the Current Economy
Why the Cost of Eggs and Gasoline May Skew an Investor’s View of the Current Economy This is a subtitle for your new post IntroductionWhen it comes to assessing the economy, investors often look at key indicators like stock market trends, employment rates, and GDP growth. However, everyday expenses like…
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April 4, 2025
Your Old Retirement Plan Called & Wants To Come Home
What Are The Options Available For Your Old Plan? Retirement planning is all about preparing for the future, but what happens when your old retirement plan from a previous employer is left hanging in the past? If you’ve changed jobs, you may still have an old 401(k) or another retirement…