Savings
Vacation Cash

A Guide to Vacation Cash Conservation

Camera, sunscreen, golf clubs, a good book — when it comes to vacation necessities do not forget to bring along your wise spending habits. They...

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Investment
Financial lesson

Will You Teach One Financial Lesson?

I saw a survey many years ago that suggested only one in five parents felt competent to teach their children about personal finance. A recent...

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Savings
Retirement and Taxes

Retirement and Taxes

As we enter the final weeks of tax season, now is a great time to review your goals and look towards your retirement planning. If you are...

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Retirement
retirement anxiety

How to Minimize Anxiety as You Approach Retirement

By FPA member Joseph R. HearnLast Updated: August 10, 2011It’s understandable if you’re feeling a bit anxious. In the last few years we’ve had...

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Caring for a Loved One
aging parents

Caring For Aging Parents

Does your retirement plan include your parents? It probably should. Chances are good that they are counting on you to handle their affairs if...

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Starting a New Job
your resume

Buffering Up Your Resume – Tips from Financial Planners

Last Updated: June 20, 2011 "When one door...

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Divorce
Divorce Finalized

My Divorce is Finalized. Now What?

Many people mistakenly believe that once their divorce is finalized, their days of filling out paperwork and forms are over. The truth is you...

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Divorce
divorce relocation

Financial Planning for Relocation During Divorce

What steps can you take during the emotionally-draining and uncertain divorce process to financially plan for relocation? In concert with...

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Investment

Availability Bias Don’t Rely on Heuristic Decision Making

Traditional economics holds that people process information in an objective and unbiased manner. The reality, however, is that most people...

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Investment
company stock

Invest in Your Company Stock Like an Executive

Have you ever worked at a job that gave you access to more of something than you could ever want?You might be a pizza lover, but let me assure...

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College
college children

Money Matters for College Bound Children

How can you prepare and guide your children with their money management responsibilities before they leave for college and pursue their...

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Getting Married
Keeping Score

Keeping Score - Competitive Financial Relationships

Keeping score makes a lot of sense in many circumstances. You need to know who's winning if you play a card gam,e and in sports the score is...

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Investment
prepaid cards

Prepaid Cards Get a Look From the Consumer Protection Bureau

In today’s economic world cash isn’t king – plastic is! Consumers swipe credit or debit cards for just about everything, including their...

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Divorce
divorced baby boomers

Retirement Planning Insights for Divorcing Baby Boomers

As a divorcing Baby Boomer (between 47 and 65 years old), you may face the intricate retirement planning challenge of partitioning your...

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Investment
Holiday Spending

Consider This Before Holiday Spending

“We have been persuaded to……Spend money we don’t haveOn things we don’t needTo create i...

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College
college children

Financial Skills and Children Leaving for College

Sending your children off to college with the values and readiness to handle financial responsibilities is a prodigious step toward their own...

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Investment
Last minute

Perfect Last Minute Gift Ideas

Are you still searching for that “perfect present” for someone on your holiday shopping list? If the thought of wrapping up another gift card...

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Retirement
retirement journey

Planning Your Retirement Journey

Imagine packing up your car for a trip, backing out of the driveway and you realize you have no gas or destination. Of course this would never...

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Losing a Home
refinancing mortgage

Refinancing your Mortgage in Retirement

With mortgage rates at historic lows, many home owners are refinancing mortgages. But for many, this seems to be an impossible task. There are...

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Divorce
divorce state borders

Divorce Across Borders

Given the mobility enjoyed by individuals today, divorce across borders is becoming increasingly prevalent. It is also one of the most...

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Investment
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Investments

A Must Read New BookReviewed by Karin Maloney Stifler, CFP®************************************************************************************...

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Savings
money resolutions

The Promise and Peril of New Year Money Resolutions

As is customary this time of year, we begin to reflect on the year that is ending as well as the approaching year. This process can create a...

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Credit Repair
Lowering Debt

Retire Your Debt

It’s almost impossible to open a newspaper these days without reading about your retirement “number.” That is, the amount of money you need to...

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College
Funding College

Funding Your Child's College Education

In addition to purchasing a home, funding your child’s college education could be one of the largest expenditures you ever make.According to...

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Saving on taxes
Financing business

Launching a Business: A Financial Guide

The great entrepreneurial idea is there, along with the drive to turn that idea into a viable business. Finances are the X factor. The ultimate...

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Retirement
Financial Confidence in Retirement

Financial Confidence in Retirement

As more Baby Boomers approach their Golden Years they are faced with a plethora of challenges. Especially for those with greater resources, the...

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Investment
secure marriage

Planning for a Financially Secure Marriage

Even for couples that have been living together for awhile, the decision to marry marks a new financial beginning — the first real moment that...

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Caring for a Loved One
Disability Insurance

8 Things to Consider about Disability Insurance

Disability income insurance replaces one's income when one is unable to work due to sickness or injury. An individual disability policy is a...

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Divorce
Divorce Planning

Creating an After-Divorce Action Plan

The number of individuals getting late in life divorces has quietly increased over the last several years. The U.S. now has the highest...

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Losing a Loved One
Coming Months

In the Coming Months and Beyond

Collect Financial & Estate DocumentsGather your income tax returns, a list of assets and liabilities, retirement and investment accounts, stock...

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