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Month: December 2020

Dive into the dead pool: 2020’s mutual fund crypt

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Dec. 30, 2020.) In a year filled with entirely too much death, no one should mourn the passing of a mutual fund. Funds and ETFs don’t deserve your grief. They’re useful tools, not friends or loved ones, even when they help you succeed. Hundreds of them die every …

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After 2020’s horrors, ‘Three Year’s resolutions’ will set you up for full recovery

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Dec. 23, 2020.) Let’s all resolve to make 2021 a better year than the miserable 12 months we have just gone through. Boom! Achievable resolution – one everyone can agree on – in the bag. After a year with so much misery, we can stop the resolutions right …

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What went right/wrong for your finances this year?

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Dec. 16, 2020.) In ordinary times, the New Year is when people evaluate themselves, making resolves – many of them financial – to improve their daily lives and/or to reach goals. These aren’t ordinary times. Setting goals and making resolutions feels hollow this year, as better times clearly …

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Learn the rules before agreeing to buy now, pay later

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Dec. 9, 2020.) The hottest thing this holiday season isn’t the latest video game, cool gadget, best-selling book or popular gift card. It’s “buy now, pay later.” Now part of the check-out process on seemingly every commerce site, buy now, pay later was becoming a movement before the …

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Money maturity – and generosity – can make the holidays brighter

January 4, 2021 by admin

(This column was released for publication on Dec. 3, 2020.) No one is going to feel like 2020 has been a “good year.” I don’t need to recap all of the misery that has touched nearly every part of the globe, nor the underlying sense of divisiveness and anger that has tinged so many pandemic-altered …

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