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Inflation, Interest Rates, The Fed, And Your Family Budget
The Federal Reserve, as part of its responsibility to safeguard the stability of the country’s financial system, has a targeted inflation rate of 2%. Its most visible tool for that purpose is...
How Couples Can Turn Conflicting Money Beliefs Into Shared Strengths
Most couples who argue about money are arguing from different money scripts—the deeply held beliefs about money that each partner formed long before the relationship began. Uncovering and...
Managing the Disconnect Between High Markets and Consumer Worry
In mid-May, the S&P 500 hit its eighth consecutive weekly gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record close two days in a row. In that same week, the University of Michigan reported...
Clear Communication Helps Your Financial Team Help You
As you advance in your career and begin to build financial security and invest for the future, you will build a financial team. Most likely, you will do this one professional at a time. You’ll find...
The Emotional and Financial Costs of Sacrificial Giving
“But we can’t cut back our giving; they depend on us.” A couple who were my clients some years ago retired just as the dot-com crash had eroded their savings. Yet they wanted to continue the...
Is Education As Unaffordable As It Seems?
It’s common for parents of high school seniors to joke, “At least when he goes off to college we won’t have to feed him! Think of how much we’ll save on grocery bills.” If you look carefully at...
What’s Your Financial Freedom Number, and What Would You Do With It?
When you think about building wealth or financial success, what’s your “freedom number?” This is the term that financial planner and therapist Prudence Zhu uses for what is often called “financial...
Keeping Your Retirement Savings Clear Of The Government’s Thumb
For decades, a divide has limited the options for American workers who are saving for retirement. Assets held outside of retirement plans have access to hedge funds, private equity, real estate...
Trusted Help From a Daily Money Manager
If your elderly mom needs assistance with daily money matters, but you live three states away, where do you find the help she needs? For years the best I could offer in this situation was a referral...
Facing the Financial and Emotional Pain of a Terminal Illness
Dying and money collide in ways most of us never think about until we have to. Money is hard. Death is hard. When someone receives a terminal diagnosis, they and their loved ones are forced to deal...
Are Shadow Advisors Shaping Your Financial Decisions?
You're thinking about rolling over your 401(k). Or maybe you just inherited some money and you're not sure what to do with it. Where do you go for advice? You talk with a friend, and they have some...
The Value Of Financial Therapy For Men In Power
Do billionaires need financial therapy? The very idea probably seems ludicrous. Why would someone with such immense wealth and power have issues around money? That question is one of the topics...
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