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Welcome to our monthly blog section providing relevant, useful, and educational content that’s both relatable and easy to digest. And while much of the content covers all-things financial, we often include a lifestyle piece or two to lighten up each monthly mix of content to keep you both learning and laughing.
Financial Planning Issues for New Parents
Having a financial plan in place for your child is essential. It’s important to understand the potential issues that could arise during that process.
Read MoreUnderstanding Digital Wallets
Digital wallets are here to stay. They handle digital funds, credit cards, gift cards and more. Learn how to capitalize on this technology for your daily life.
Read MoreGet The Most Out Of Your Amazon Prime Membership
Harness the power of your Amazon Prime Membership with these helpful tips. Find out more about Prime Wardrobe, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Smile and more.
Read MoreABLE Accounts – What To Know
The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 provides much needed assistance for Americans with disabilities to design a financial plan to alleviate potential stress if they’re unable to perform their jobs.
Read MoreFinancial Planning Through The Generations
Each generation – Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers – are at different moments in their lives that require their own age-specific financial goals and stress points. Learn where your financial focus should be today.
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Disability Insurance in Your Financial Plan
Have you talked with a financial professional about disability insurance coverage? It may benefit to seek out answers to questions you may not have thought to ask yet. this article is a great starting off point for that conversation.
Read MoreSaving for Retirement and a Child’s Education at the Same Time
Saving for retirement and your children's education are equally important, so understanding how to put away money for both is critical. You want to retire comfortably when the time comes. You also want to help your child go to college. So h
Read MoreWhen To Begin Retirement Planning
One of the most important questions about retirement is only which age you’d like to retire, but when you should begin planning for it. These tips can help you with that decision.
Read MoreThe Risk Of Disability
Protecting your income is an important and often overlooked step in financial planning, and since May is Disability Awareness Month, it’s critical to consider the risk of disability before it’s too late.
Read MoreHandling Market Volatility
Investing in stocks and bonds can seem exciting and challenging, but it’s very important to understand how to handle your investments if the market turns volatile.
Read MoreWatch Out For These Common Tax Scams
It’s important to be diligent when it comes to tax scams. As the tax deadline approaches this month, it doesn’t hurt to refresh ourselves with what scammers have in store for us.
Read MoreThe Electric Vehicle Is Back
The fervor for electric vehicles is real and they’re not going anywhere. Manufacturers are meeting the consumer demand as they take the automobile industry into a brighter future.
Read MorePersonal Finance: Why Is It Not Taught In High School?
The concept of teaching financial literacy in high school is rapidly gaining traction, but that wasn’t always the case. There are large numbers of graduates unprepared for a world of savings accounts, budgets and credit scores.
Read MoreFinancial Literacy Month
With April being financial literacy month, it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of what it means to be financially literate.
Read MoreEleven Ways To Help Yourself Stay Sane In A Crazy Market
Have strategies to ride out a crazy financial market.
Read More5 Pillars Of Financial Wellness
Each money decision you make impact financial wellness. Here are 5 pillars to help achieve and maintain wellness.
Read More6 Medicare Outlooks For 2022 & Beyond
A new year means new changes to healthcare benefits and plans.
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions And The Pandemic
Another year of trying to stick to resolutions during a pandemic. Are we better prepared?
Read MoreMillennials Meet Inflation
How millennials will react to inflation, and how vulnerable they are is an open question. What steps can and should they take to prepare?
Read MoreLife Insurance for the Self-Employed
If you’re like most people, you bought life insurance to provide for your loved ones in the event of your death. But because you’re self-employed, you may have an even greater need for life insurance: You’ll want to protect your family..
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions To Create Financially Confident Kids (And Less Stressed Adults!)
Many adults rank their finances as their number one source of stress. A major contributor is the lack of financial literacy programs, particularly when they were younger adults and children. You can take matters into your own hands.
Read MoreWays to Beat Back Rising Energy Costs This Winter
With retail prices for energy at or near multiyear highs in the US, here are twelve tips to help you save on your energy costs this winter.
Read MoreRetirement Plan Limits On The Rise In 2022
Many IRA and retirement plan limits are indexed for inflation each year. Although the amount you can contribute to IRAs remains the same in 2022, other key numbers will increase, including how much you can contribute to a work-based retir..
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