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Financial Millennials

Ten Wise Financial Planning Moves for Millennials

As busy as they are building careers, starting families and carving out a niche in the world, the importance of financial planning early in...

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Serving in the Military
military personnel

Financial Tips for Families of Activated Military Personnel

Reservist and National Guard families whose loved ones have been activated for duty in Iraq or other distant lands face not only separation but...

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Retirement
retirement savings

Working on It - Your 30s Through Your 40s

It's critical to find a way to squeeze out dollars for retirement. Time is still on your side, but you've begun to lose some of your...

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College
graduates and parents

A Guide for Graduates and Their Parents

Have a child graduating from high school or college soon? Go ahead, pat yourself and your youngster on the back for a job well done. But with...

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Caring for a Loved One
The Long Term Care Challenge

Strategies For Addressing The Long Term Care Challenge

When planning for retirement, all possible risks must be considered and evaluated. One of the most commonly overlooked is the potential need...

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Starting a New Job

Considerations in Starting a Business

When considering starting a business...

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Buying a Home
Reverse Mortgage

A Reverse Mortgage Story

I wanted to take a moment to tell you a story of a ‘reverse mortgage’ plac...

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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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Retirement
Retirement Today

Planning for Retirement in Today’s World

Twenty and thirty years ago, the picture of retirement most people had in mind was one where there was a finality to your job, you’d move to...

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Investment
Consumer Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Puts Consumers First

In a recess appointment on January 4th, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection...

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Savings
summer vacation

For a Summer Vacation to Savor Start Saving Now

The calendar says it’s only March, yet there you are, sitting in your office, daydreaming about summer vacation possibilities. Will it be the...

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Starting a Family
Parents and Baby

Helping Parents Put Their Finances in For A Baby Arrival

Among all of life’s momentous occasions, having a baby is about as big as it gets. Given the sheer magnitude of the occasion and all the new...

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Caring for a loved one
support parents children

Financial Stress of Supporting Parents AND Children

Talk about pressure. Many Baby Boomers and Generation Xers are feeling it from multiple directions — from a sense of obligation to help their...

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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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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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Divorce
Baby Boomer Divroce

The Perfect Storm Divorcing Baby Boomers

As Baby Boomers approach the last hurdle before the magic retirement age of 65, it is becoming increasingly newsworthy that growing legions of...

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Divorce
dividing a nest egg

Dividing the Nest Egg in Divorce

Nothing is more heart-wrenching than to realize that your savings for retirement and your golden years will be fractured because of divorce....

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Losing a Loved One
Financially After a Death

What To Do Financially After a Death

Make a list of financial issues that will need to be addressed in the coming weeks and months, and focus on those actions that you must take...

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Divorce
international divorce

Financial Planning Insights for International Divorce

Financial planning for you and your family’s future livelihood is a prodigious challenge in the process of international divorce — an option...

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Investment
Driving Decisions

What is Really Driving Your Financial Decisions?

A brain scan was taken just before an individual placed a stock trade. Another brain scan was taken just before someone was given a hit of...

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Retirement
retirement planning

Confidence in Retirement 10 Planning Mistakes to Avoid

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
Biggest Personal Finance Changes

The 5 Biggest Personal Finance Changes in the Last 20 Years

My son recently turned twenty and it inspired me to reflect on all of the changes in his life as well as in my professional life. My son’s...

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Starting a Family
nine or twelve

Nine Candles or Twelve Days Of

Whatever Holiday you and your family celebrate this time of year we at the Financial Planning Association wish you a joyous Holiday Season. For...

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Stolen Identity
Young Consumers

Young Consumers Detect Foul Play

Tax and wage related ID theft on the riseThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its annual nationwide...

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Retirement
Retirement plans

Company Sponsored Retirement Plans Mistakes to Avoid and Solutions for Success

A company sponsored retirement plan is one of the best benefits your employer can offer you; but in order to realize the greatest success with...

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Insurance
Flexible Spending

Flexible Spending Account Changes Looming

What is a FSA?Health care Flexible Spending Accounts, FSA’s, are benefit plans established by employers to reimburse employees for healt...

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Investment
Forward thinking

Forward Thinking

A few years ago I helped conduct a focus group. One of the conclusions was that those focus group members who had a longer term perspective...

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Caring for a Loved One
financial help

If a Friend Needs Financial Help Do It the Right Way

There may indeed be someone close to you who needs financial help. It could be a tough decision. Perhaps that person has been hit by a perfect...

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Saving on Taxes
Your Tax Return

Who's Preparing Your Tax Return?

For many of you, your answer will be “I prepare my own return.” If your return is a simple one because all you have is a W-2 form for your...

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Investment
App

There's An App for That

With today’s World of smartphones and tablets being so useful in managing personal matters, I thought I would take this opportunity to share...

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