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Month: November 2021

6 ways to stop inflation from playing Scrooge this year

November 28, 2021 by admin

There’s a difference between complaining about inflation and responding to it. With the inflation rate surging to 6.2 percent in October – its highest level since Thanksgiving 1990 — holiday shoppers are about to feel a pinch harder than anything they may have faced in their lifetime as a consumer. The signs of it are …

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This holiday season, count your financial blessings

November 28, 2021 by admin

I confess to “not feeling it” this year when it comes to the winter holidays. I’m always in the mood for a good celebration, but whether it is because circumstances prevent family visits this year or the pandemic’s spirit-sapping hangover or that inflation and supply-chain issues appear ready to suck a lot of the joy …

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Reconsidering savings bonds, old and new

November 11, 2021 by admin

My oldest daughter turned 30 years old last month. So did the first of her United States Savings Bonds. Since my children often turn to me for financial counsel, it prompted me to take a fresh look at a stale investment. And right now, there’s a lot more reason to consider the lowly savings bond …

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Cultivating money lessons from the candy bowl

November 10, 2021 by admin

There was a lot of “bad-decision making” at my house this Halloween, and it wasn’t about eating too much candy. Instead, it was the way the children in my neighborhood responded to my annual effort to turn All Hallows Eve into a lesson about money. Each year, it’s a fun evening filled by conversations with …

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