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Federal Reserve Rates and Your Personal Financial Balance
Whenever the Federal Reserve announces a change in the federal funds rate, it’s big news. Financial pundits and journalists analyze the likely impact on inflation, housing markets, consumer...
Protect Your Financial Future From The Slow Leak of Inflation
Have you ever been tempted to ignore a dripping faucet? Just a drop here and there doesn’t look like much, but leave it long enough and you’ve got water damage. Inflation works the same way....
Greenland’s Surprise Win After Trump’s Proposal To Buy It
I recently visited Greenland and was a bit uncertain about what kind of reception to expect, given the impact of President Trump’s expressed interest in acquiring the world’s largest island for the...
Portfolio Guardrails To Help Manage Investing Anxiety
On-and-off-and-on again tariffs. Wars that drag on without resolution. Political gridlock making it nearly impossible to know what policy will look like a year from now. And, the most recent...
Hypnosis As a Clinical Tool for Changing Financial Behavior
“Let me hypnotize you, and then we’ll talk about your money.” Your reaction to this suggestion would most likely be to make tracks for the nearest exit. Many of us associate hypnosis with...
Is Real Estate Still Worth It? What Small Landlords Need to Know
Given the economic uncertainties around trade policies and their impact on the markets, might this be a good time to add more real estate to your investment portfolio? Only if you do it very...
Is That Socialism? The US Government’s Share Of Intel
“But isn’t that socialism?” This question was one reader’s response to last week’s column about the US government demanding 15% of Nvidia's and AMD’s Chinese sales as the price of granting an export...
If the Government Can Take A 15% Cut From Nvidia, Who Is Next?
This month, the U.S. government demanded a direct cut of a company’s foreign sales as the price for letting those sales happen. Tech companies Nvidia and AMD had been stuck in regulatory limbo over...
What If Your Deepest Truths About Money Aren’t Really True?
What is one of your “hard truths” about money? An assumption like “money is power” that you have never questioned? “Truths” like these are financial beliefs, or money scripts, that often sound...
Trustworthy, Nonpolitical Economic Data Is Essential For A Healthy Economy
Like many financial advisors, I base many of my recommendations to clients on government economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Investors, advisors, and markets around the world depend...
Dramatic Cost Increases Coming For ACA Marketplace Insurance
If you have health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, you are likely to see dramatic increases in your costs next year. This is due to a combination of factors that a July 18,...
“Big Beautiful Tax Cuts” Deliver Less Than Promised
The recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” was promoted as the largest middle-class tax cut in history. The price tag: $5 trillion. The pitch: permanent, revolutionary relief for working families....
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