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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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The worst-ever market call finally is coming true

November 2, 2021 by admin

The worst stock market forecast of all time is finally coming true, and for all of its pitfalls, the advice behind the terrible prognostication remains among the best ever given. That strange dichotomy is coming to a head now because the Dow Jones Industrial Average is on the verge of breaking 36,000, and most observers …

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Bitcoin ETFs shouldn’t excite you … yet

October 20, 2021 by admin

The big financial headline this week is the unveiling of the first-ever bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund, which made its debut on Tuesday. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker: BITO) is a possible game-changer and can be looked at in many ways, but it’s not the bitcoin fund investors have been waiting and hoping for. Plenty of …

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Childhood money lessons can start with ‘Cash or candy?’

October 19, 2021 by admin

   Americans have a complicated relationship with money, much of it stemming from what we learned (or didn’t) as children.    In most households, money is a subject every bit as taboo as sex, which is why more than half of Americans reported in a recent study that either no one taught them about money …

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Beware of ‘helpful advice’ that isn’t

October 16, 2021 by admin

We’ve all had that friend who volunteers to help with a chore or a task and whose “help” only makes the situation worse. It’s the buddy who says he’ll help you move, but whose back problem mostly limits him to complaining. By the time you figure out the cost of accepting his help, it’s too …

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Are your biases messing up your investment decisions?

September 30, 2021 by admin

I recently bumped into my friend Mike, a pilot and former lacrosse teammate who I hadn’t seen in years. After catching up about family and friends, he reminded me that our last conversation had included him asking about where to invest, to which I asked him “What is your greatest financial fear?” I had explained …

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You need a process – not luck – to find the right financial adviser

September 24, 2021 by admin

Linda and her husband Stan heard me as a guest on a podcast recently. They are retirees, living near Daytona Beach, Fla., unsure of “just what course to take with our monies.” Linda thought I sounded like “just what we are hoping to find, someone who speaks our language, who is honest, who can help …

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Learn who your source is before trusting their money ideas

September 17, 2021 by admin

More than half of Americans report that either no one taught them about money or that they learned how to handle finances on their own. Combine that lack of formal training with a desire to improve personal money management and you create as much potential for trouble as for profit. It’s hard to know who …

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It’s an emotional time for markets; keep your feelings in check

September 10, 2021 by admin

Welcome back to the intersection of fear and greed, the place that investors go to at times when stock markets are acting frothy and volatile and/or flirting with new highs. With both of those conditions currently in play, it’s the place where a lot of investors now find themselves. The question is whether they have …

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