Credit Repair
Personal Debt Ceiling Crisis

Your Personal Debt Ceiling Crisis

It's impossible to escape. The debt ceiling deadline and impending possible default are dominating the headlines. Whether on the television,...

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Investment
How Do Options Work

How Do Options Work?

What if you had had a hunch that Microsoft stock would skyrocket when it introduced Windows 8? Would you have risked purchasing Microsoft stock...

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Investment
Stress Test

Stress Test Your Financial Health

Take this financial checkup, and in ten easy questions, you will know which essential aspects of your financial plan are healthy and what needs...

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Investment

Financial Emergencies — Going to the Hospital

Whether you or a loved one are going for a scheduled hospital stay, don't stop with your doctor's orders — get your financial orders in place,...

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Investment
annuity investments

Introduction to Annuities

Annuities account for a significant part of all investment sales, partly because they offer features and benefits that are unavailable...

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Investment
Teaching Learn

Teaching to Learn

You may have heard the saying “those who can’t do teach” but I find that, when I really want to learn something new, the best way to approach...

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Investment
annuity investments

Should I Replace My Annuity

When an insurance agent or broker recommends an annuity replacement, it may actually be a good idea for you and your family — or it may just be...

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Estate Planning
estate planning

Leaving a Legacy An Everyman’s Guide to Estate Planning

It is believed that estate planning and deciding how your valued assets will be handled after you die is only for wealthy people with a large...

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Divorce
blended family

Divorce and Estate Planning for Future Blended Families

Keeping in perspective that 65 percent of remarriages will involve kids from a past marriage,1 you should devise and implement an estate plan...

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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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Saving on Taxes
Year End Part two

Year End Tax Planning - Part Two - Business

Year-end tax considerations for businesses are not quite as up in the air as is the individual tax situation so let’s take a look at a few of...

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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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Investment
Fiscal Fit

The Fiscal Side to Staying Fit

I often compare the financial services industry to the world of diet and fitness. In fact, I wrote a...

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Investment
AndProsper

Investments

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

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Retirement
inflation

Preserving the Purchasing Power of Your Money For Retirement

Here’s a disconcerting thought: each year during retirement, everything you buy will cost more than it did the year before. Such is the nature...

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Divorce
Retirement benefits

Assessing Your Retirement Benefits During Divorce

When and how you apportion your retirement plan and employee benefits between you and your divorcing spouse is an essential family financial...

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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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Savings
Paycheck to Paycheck

How to Break the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Treadmill

Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Do you have your fingers crossed that you can dodge yet another month without a financial crisis that...

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Estate Planning

Estate Plan — Estate Planning Information — Why You Need an Estate Plan

Many people assume that estate planning is only about saving estate taxes. Consequently, they often ignore estate planning because they assume...

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Investment
Play The Lottery

Should I Play The Lottery

A lot has been written recently about the lottery. There’s a direct correlation between articles written about the lottery and the size of the...

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Investment
Reflections Priorities

Reflections on Priorities – Get Ready for the Holidays Now

On September 11th of this year, I experienced several unconnected situations that required me to check in on my priorities and how they gel...

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Retirement
life insurance retirement

Should I Own Life Insurance in Retirement

When people near retirement they often wonder how much, if any, life insurance they should have during retirement. When you are working and...

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Retirement
Inheriting Retirement

Beneficiaries and Inheriting a Retirement Account

As your financial planner did an annual review of your financial plans, he or she probably went over your beneficiary designations to review...

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Preparing for Disaster
disaster plan

7 Steps to Take When Creating a Disaster Plan

When you're in the middle of a disaster, it's hard to think about long-term issues. Focus gets narrowed to finding a way to get through each...

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Savings
money strategy

What Is Your Savings Strategy?

It's never an easy question to answer. What should you save toward? Should you save only for retirement? Should you save for college first and...

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Investment
Pyramid Scheme

How to Avoid a Ponzi Scheme Lessons from the Madoff Fraud

In the wake of Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme, many investors have grown more concerned about the safety and security of their...

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Investment
Invest In Yourself

Invest in Yourself to Make Your Prospects Brighter

When we think of investments, we often forget that the best place to make an investment of money or time is in ourselves. So if you’re in a job...

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Estate Planning
Protecting your family

Wealth Planning and Protection Strategies for Your Family

How can you optimally handle the responsibility of planning and protecting wealth for your intended heirs and causes? Devise trusts that hold...

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Investment
financial adviser

How to Choose a Financial Adviser

The Financial Planning Association website has a very useful section called “Choosing a Planner,” which begins by stating:...

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Retirement
benefit pension plan

Decisions Decisions

Imagine for a moment that you are one of the few lucky people in America still covered by a defined benefit pension plan. Now imagine that you...

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