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  • Current & Economic Events, Investing
4 min read

How Long-Term Investors Can Be Optimistic When Others are Negative

For long-term investors, facing periods of geopolitical risk is unavoidable. Headlines on regional and global conflicts can be alarming since they disrupt the typical flow of business and market news. These events are also difficult to analyze and their outcomes challenging to predict. Of course, this doesn’t stop many short-term traders from talking about....
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  • Investing
5 min read

Why Patience Is the Most Important Principle of Long-Term Investing

For long-term investors, facing periods of geopolitical risk is unavoidable. Headlines on regional and global conflicts can be alarming since they disrupt the typical flow of business and market news. These events are also difficult to analyze and their outcomes challenging to predict. Of course, this doesn’t stop many short-term traders from talking about....
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  • Saving & Budgeting, Young Investors
7 min read

Cash Flow Planning for the Young Professional Who Wants It All

Remember being a kid and thinking, “I can’t wait to grow up and do whatever I want?” Well, it’s safe to say if you’re reading this, you’ve arrived. Now you are the personal CEO of your own life. You get to call the shots. You decide what’s important, what happens next, when, in what order, and why. But, naturally, many of your decisions will be dependent upon available cash flow, which is why cash flow planning should really be at the heart of all the important decisions you make.
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  • My Money & Me
5 min read

The Positive Power of ‘No’

“No” has gotten a bad rap. When we hear ‘no’ we tend to associate it with bad things, negative outcomes, not being able to do or get something. But ‘no’ has another side – a creative, positive, enabling side – and one we shouldn’t lose sight of. The fact is that, as much as people may dislike it, the world is full of choices and limits. And without a willingness to say ‘no’ to some things we can never truly say ‘yes’ to other things....
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  • Estate Planning
14 min read

Well, and Wisely Done

It’s been ten years since my Dad passed away. But I’ll never forget the experience of caring for my parents through their last years. So this month’s webinar on the aging process and long-term care is an especially poignant one for me. In memory my own caregiving experience – and in the hope that it might help other adult children facing their parents’ decline....
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  • Current & Economic Events, Recent Events
6 min read

How Geopolitical Risk in Ukraine Impacts Long-Term Investors

For long-term investors, facing periods of geopolitical risk is unavoidable. Headlines on regional and global conflicts can be alarming since they disrupt the typical flow of business and market news. These events are also difficult to analyze and their outcomes challenging to predict. Of course, this doesn’t stop many short-term traders from talking about....
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  • Investing, My Money & Me
4 min read

What To Do With Your RSUs

With the competition for quality employees growing, many companies have turned to equity compensation as a way to attract and retain talent. Currently, the most common form of equity compensation is restricted stock units (RSUs). And while RSUs may seem straightforward, they are also frequently misunderstood, especially by employees who have previously dealt with options and who therefore may not completely grasp how the two vehicles differ.
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  • Financial Planning, My Money & Me, Saving & Budgeting
8 min read

Make 2022 Your Happy Money Year

The past two years have subjected us all to unprecedented levels of stress and strain, both financial and otherwise. Over half of the respondents to a recent online survey of nearly 3,000 adults by NextAdvisor felt somewhat-to-very anxious about their finances. Curiously, these responses were given in spite of recent strong stock market performance and in the midst of one of the most robust hiring environments of the past decade.
A hand points to "2022" on a rising financial graph with global currency symbols and an upward trend indicating growth from 2019 to 2023.
  • Current & Economic Events, Investing, Recent Events
5 min read

Five Investor Lessons for 2022
Illustration showing two stressed individuals next to rising stacks of coins, with upward-pointing arrows and percentage symbols, depicting inflation.
  • Current & Economic Events, Investing, Recent Events
6 min read

Worried About Inflation? Here’s What To Do
A weathered wooden sign with the word "Retired" hangs at an angle on a rustic green door with peeling paint.
  • My Money & Me, Retirement Planning, Saving & Budgeting
4 min read

Do You Want to Own Your Future? Here’s How.
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  • Current & Economic Events, Recent Events
4 min read

Why the Great Resignation May Be Positive for Long-Term Investors

Markets are increasingly concerned about tighter monetary policy by the Fed and its impact on valuations, interest rates and more. Recent FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting minutes confirmed that the Fed could slow its balance sheet expansion within the next few months and this week's virtual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium could provide more clarity around future rate hikes. How can long-term investors navigate the policy changes and economic uncertainty that lie ahead?

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