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  • Financial Planning, My Money & Me
14 min read

Will You Finally Begin to Make Progress Toward Your Financial Goals in 2021?

According to the fitness app Strava, every year starts with a rush of new users tracking their runs. Then, not quite two weeks later, tracking usage drops off precipitously. As a result, Strava has declared January 12 to be the most popular day to give up on New Year’s resolutions.
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  • Current & Economic Events, Financial Planning
9 min read

Our Big 2020 Election Takeaway? Stay Flexible

Which word best describes the current state of the country to you: divided or balanced? Your answer likely depends on several factors, ranging from politics to life experiences to your penchant for optimism. Regardless, it looks like we’re on course to have a Democratic president and a split Congress.
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  • Financial Planning
3 min read

Revisiting Employer Benefit Open Enrollment
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  • Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Saving & Budgeting
7 min read

Four Keys To Retirement Security

"They went to work every day and built a life for themselves, put money away in a savings plan and paid their taxes. And then they got divorced or hurt on the job or sick or widowed or just plain unlucky — and found themselves in the same boat as millions of Americans who are now approaching retirement with most of the financial props knocked out from under them."
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  • Investing
5 min read

The Market Seems Too High. Should I Sell Now?
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  • Current & Economic Events
5 min read

The Long and The Short of It
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  • Financial Planning
2 min read

Employer Benefit Open Enrollment
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  • My Money & Me
6 min read

Five Rules Wealthy People Live By
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  • My Money & Me
6 min read

Magical Thinking and Money
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  • My Money & Me
7 min read

What Just Ain’t So
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  • Insurance
4 min read

Medicare and Travel: Things To Know
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  • Investing
6 min read

5 Investing Lessons to Remember as 2018 Winds Down

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