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Can You Have Your Investing Cake and Eat It Too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhY-R5AUS98 "You can't have your cake and eat it too." As sensible adults, we understand cognitively the truth of this old adage. If there's a piece of cake on my...
Money Magazine Author Names “Scrooge” to Best Books List
On Tuesday, Martha C. White of Money Magazine published an article entitled The Best Books to Help You Pay off Debt, According to Finance Experts and we are honored to announce that the book Rick...
When Parents Can’t Say No: Financial Enabling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7OO3cwIP6E&t=1s "Pleeeeeze?" Your nine-year-old daughter has spent her allowance but is begging you to buy her a toy she "just has to have." "I really will pay...
Annuities Do Not Belong In 401(k) Plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JnwynqUMog&t=26s Several weeks ago I wrote about the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which will reform various aspects of US...
Resources and Services for Your Aging Plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K7yrS5FjY4 A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of having a "Plan B" for aging when life events take an unexpected turn. Among the most common of these...
Inequity of Federal Minimum Wage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd6NpP7uv6Q The House of Representatives recently voted to nearly double the national minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15. Democrats are rejoicing that this...
Polarizing Money Beliefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkKnZeP-AmE "Money is supposed to be spent!" "Money is supposed to be saved!" We may not hear talk-show participants shouting these opposing views at each other with...
Financial Stress in Times of Transition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc4Oiq4n1o0 Stress is what happens when something you care about is at stake. This definition comes from Susan Bradley, CFP, author of Sudden Money and a specialist...
Medicare For All, Taxes for All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_HzXrljxT8 As the recent debates among the Democratic presidential candidates emphasized, the idea of government-managed health care is gaining popularity. "Medicare...
Plan B For Aging a Lifesaver for You and Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aIZwWXOAyM Your family day at the lake is interrupted by a thunderstorm. You've planned the perfect outdoor June wedding, but unseasonable cold will have the...
Play Wisely With FIRE Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlvhKgnrq3g "What do you think of the FIRE movement?" a reporter asked me recently. I told her I was ambivalent about it. The FIRE acronym in this context stands for...
Your Financial Planner Replaced By A Computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaYyVqO1BXQ If Ken Fisher is right, in the future you will be talking to a computer about your asset allocation and loving every minute of it. Fisher has built Fisher...
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