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Build Some More Room for Error into Your Finances.

How are you feeling? After the chaos of the last few weeks and months in the markets, the economy, and national politics? After the last couple difficult years in the
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How to get the most out of working with your financial planner

Communicate, communicate, communicate. This is the first rule of working with a financial planner. (It is also, by the way, the first rule of estate planning.) If you can only
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Protect Your Parents from Scammers.

A couple weeks ago, I almost-not-really got scammed. A man called me from Capital One’s fraud department to confirm that I had not, in fact, made some purchases. (No, I
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Unsexy Finances for People Solving Important Problems

I’m thinking of changing my firm’s tagline to “Unsexy finances for people solving important problems.” A friend of mine pointed me to this LinkedIn post: And it got me a’thinkin’.
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Why You Might Want A Professional to Manage Your Investments

Or “Why just putting all your money in the S&P 500 isn’t enough.” (Okay, probably isn’t enough. I’m not allowed to say much that is definitive about investing.) Recently I
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Should You Roll Your Old 401(k) into an IRA? Maybe. What Else Might You Do?

Do you have an old 401(k)? Or possibly four? The best time to make a decision about an old 401(k) is shortly after leaving the company. The next best time
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Build Some More Room for Error into Your Finances.

April 16, 2025
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How to get the most out of working with your financial planner

March 19, 2025
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Protect Your Parents from Scammers.

March 5, 2025
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Unsexy Finances for People Solving Important Problems

February 12, 2025
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Why You Might Want A Professional to Manage Your Investments

January 29, 2025
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Should You Roll Your Old 401(k) into an IRA? Maybe. What Else Might You Do?

January 25, 2025
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What Clients Really Care About (from our 2023 and 2024 Client Feedback Surveys). Do You Agree?

December 25, 2024
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Not “CAN I retire early?” but “HOW do I retire early?” Making a Retirement Plan When You’re Still Young.

December 11, 2024
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Top 11 Reasons that People Reach Out to Us for Financial Planning Help

November 27, 2024
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Use Asset Location to Pay Less in Taxes and Get More Money out of Your Investment Portfolio

November 13, 2024
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What It’s Like to Work with Flow: The Annual Renewal Meeting

October 30, 2024
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Meg’s Musings: On Being a Financial Planner

October 9, 2024
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More Strategies to Save You Taxes In Case the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expires in 2026

September 25, 2024
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Should you do a Roth conversion before the (possible) expiration of TCJA in 2026?

September 11, 2024
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Look out for These Mistakes in Your Estate Plan.

August 28, 2024