You’ve worked your entire adult life to scrimp and save for a fulfilling retirement life after work, and now that you’re either on the home stretch or already enjoying your golden years, you might be…
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Saving for College 101
At one time or another, every parent has dreamed about sending their kids to the college of their dreams while setting them up for a prosperous future. Just ask Aunt Becky! Unfortunately, reality inevitably sets…
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Oil and Your Money
Despite the tremendous advancements made in eco-friendly technologies like solar and wind power, hybrid, and electric automobiles, our society – at least for the time being – is still extraordinarily dependent on fossil fuels to…
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Little Known Facts About Social Security You Need to Know
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is shrouded within a cloak of secrecy to many Americans. While much of that is warranted, given the ever-changing programs it heads and the political and economic lightning rod it…
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Secret Tips from the Pros to Saving the Most Retirement Money
Do you know the secrets to getting rich? Everyone knows that to save more, you need to spend less. However, tips from the pros can maximize your savings for a more significant retirement nest egg….
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Plain Beneficiary Designations Might Be Your Most Powerful Tool in Estate Planning
To most people, the idea of estate planning is enough to make their skin crawl. While it’s undoubtedly essential in providing you and your loved ones both financial and health-related stability at a time of…
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Investment Bubbles and You: A Cautionary Tale
Believe it or not, the various investment bubbles we’ve seen form and burst in the last few decades – real estate and dot-coms in particular – have a lot to do with flowers. The first…
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Income Restrictions on Social Security You Need to Know
In a perfect world, retirement would be simple, straightforward, never complicated by different laws or the archaic and ever-changing tax code, and certainly not a time to worry about money. Unfortunately, this is not a…
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Tax Efficiency in an Over-Taxed Climate
It might be too clichéd to mention the old adage about death and taxes, but much to our collective chagrin, that old cliché still rings true. No matter who is in office, which party controls…
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Investing in Turbulent Times
There’s an old saying that says what goes up must come down. While that saying might have been initially applied to the law of gravity, it applies to all sorts of things in life. From…
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