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Finances and Marriage: 3 Smart Money Moves to Make After Saying “I Do”
Marriage is an exciting time for plenty of reasons: you have your wedding, honeymoon, and a chance to take your relationship to the next level. If you haven’t started...
How to Invest an Inheritance Towards Your Retirement
Inheriting a large sum of money can either be a blessing or a curse. While receiving sudden wealth is a great start towards a financially healthy future, the statistics show...
3 Smart Retirement Tips for Couples
Besides the obvious romantic benefits, being in a relationship means you have double the power to tackle those difficult tasks in life, like preparing for retirement....
The Common Investing Mistakes You Need to Avoid in Your 20s And 30s
Once you finally get a sense of your career and other life decisions, there’s a new realm of unfamiliar territory you might be entering in your 20s/30s: investing. I’ve seen...
3 Ways to Make Better Investment Decisions
If we could all put our emotions on completely on hold, we’d become better investors. The logical, smart decisions are often the complete opposite of where our feelings lead...
How to Manage the Risk of Investing
Although it can be uncomfortable at times, much of your success depends on your ability to take the right risks. The importance of risk-taking is especially prevalent in...
How to Handle Stock Market Volatility
With the upcoming US presidential election, and uncertainty about the Brexit abroad, there is a great deal of political uncertainty in the air. Political views aside,...
How Recency Bias Can Affect Your Success in Investing
There’s nothing like a blizzard to drive up demand for snow tires. The inverse is also true: the longer it’s been since an event took place, the less likely we are to...
Investing for Education: What is a 529 Plan?
September not only marks the beginning of school, but also National College Savings Month, which is a perfect time to begin planning to invest for education. If your...
How to Navigate an Early Retirement
When it comes to closing the gap in retirement savings, many of us turn to working longer as a no-brainer solution. While this can help sometimes, especially as you get...
Why Investing Should Be One of Your Top Financial Priorities
A recent study found that only 21 percent of Americans ranked "investing effectively and tax efficiently" as their top monetary priority. Since we all have numerous...
Some Hidden Retirement Expenses You Need to Be Aware of
Even the best laid out plains can have unexpected surprises and road bumps. This is a truism in retirement, where you need to plan for decades of living without a job to...