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5 things to make part of your ‘new financial normal’

September 9, 2020 by admin

Everyone is anxious for life to get back to “normal” right now. Normal, however, has changed. You may miss the gang from the office, the night out at the bar or the chance to go to the movies, but you may be making the most of the relationships with your kitchen, garden, yard or with …

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Kids like and learn more from cash than Halloween candy

May 24, 2020 by admin

Note: This article was released to newspapers on Nov. 1, 2019   Liam, an eager, blond-haired third-grader, wasn’t playing the odds. He didn’t care about losing five pieces of candy; he couldn’t pull them from his bag fast enough. “You’ve got to go for the big money,” he excitedly told his friends as he shoved …

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Why using all your credit cards now will protect your finances

September 9, 2020 by admin

Unusual times call for unusual advice, which is why I’m now saying something I never expected to while doing my job: Go out and use all of your credit cards. Before you start thinking I’ve lost my mind after weeks of social distancing alone in my work cave, let me explain that the advice has …

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Time to look at your accounts and decide ‘What’s next?’

September 9, 2020 by admin

These days, “Don’t look” is an actual investment strategy. It’s not just espoused by plenty of experts, but it is being followed by millions of investors whose portfolios were swamped under the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying economic shutdown. It’s not a terrible strategy either, at least for investors who had a …

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Do you have $2,467 saved for emergencies? You should

October 30, 2019 by admin

For years, consumers and financial advisers have wrestled with the “right” amount to set aside for emergencies. The long-lived rule of thumb on the subject is that three to six months of salary is necessary to have an adequate emergency fund, but few people actually live by that guideline. Not only is that a lot …

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No sale: Don’t buy the end of 60/40 investing

October 22, 2019 by admin

In 35 years covering investments, I have seen “the end” countless times. Dividend investing purportedly was dying while the Internet bubble was inflating in the 1990s, buy-and-hold investing has been on the way out countless times in the last quarter century, asset allocation hasn’t worked as expected throughout the current bull market, international diversification is …

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For a real Halloween treat, try ‘cash or candy’

October 2, 2019 by admin

I know one thing that kids like more than candy for Halloween. Cash. For the last three years, I have answered the cry of “Trick or treat?” with a very different question: “Cash or candy?” It’s my effort to change the game on All Hallows Eve, to nurture the children not with nougat and caramel …

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Know your faults to build a portfolio that overcomes them

October 1, 2019 by admin

My father had one bad financial habit that he never got over. Over the years, he built a diversified investment portfolio that covered virtually all corners of the investment spectrum, except for one. He could never buy a small-cap mutual fund or invest in small or micro-cap stocks. Oh, he tried a few times, but …

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Make ‘gaining choice’ – and not early retirement – your real goal

September 16, 2019 by admin

It’s all about the acronym. That’s why a 20-something member of the “FIRE movement” – which stands for Financial Independence Retire Early – told me last week at FinCon 2019 that I “don’t qualify as FIRE.” Mind you, this young blogger is working a corporate job, driving an Uber on the side and is anxious …

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It’s dead money when you pursue financial deadbeats

March 7, 2021 by admin

Most bad financial experiences at least come with a lesson, something good where you can say that money lost was the cost of your education as a consumer. This is not one of those stories. Instead, it’s about pure financial pain and emotional misery, something I’m facing again mostly in the hope that you can …

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