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The College Search Continues
As promised in this April post, I plan on using my oldest daughter’s college search process to share our family’s experience and what we’re seeing on the current college landscape. Here’s the latest. At the urging of my daughter who, like her father, enjoys goal...
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Changes to the Child Tax Credit
Our baby girl will be here mid-December, and fingers crossed, she’ll make it in time to be included as a dependent on this year’s tax return. I’d say that sort of timing puts her on Santa’s nice list! Families with young children can take advantage of a few different...
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The Magic of Incremental Change
(from Carl Richards blog posted 7/15/2021. You can find the original post and subscribe to his weekly newsletter here. Carl Richards is a Certified Financial Planner®, New York Times columnist and best-selling author. Two of his books are “The One-Page Financial Plan:...
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Avoiding Scams
Few of us believe we would ever fall for a scam. But you should never underestimate the power of emotions and their ability to disable the rational side of your brain. It is a humbling experience. My parents both have masters-degree-level educations, were small...
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Inflation – A Symptom of COVID or Here to Stay?
You’ve probably heard about inflation recently. It’s been hard to miss if you read the newspapers or turn on your TV. Heck, I pass a billboard on my way to work advocating I buy silver to protect against inflation. This begs the questions, is there a real risk of...
read more A Million Little Things
If you’ve met with your advisor at some point this year, it’s likely you spent some time discussing the performance of small, U.S. stocks, and value-oriented companies, relative to the rest of the market. Based on decades of data and the simple relationship between...
read more Pros and Cons of Saving for College with a 529
The gift of paying for a college education is something many parents want to be able to do for their children. As parents-to-be, my husband and I have been talking a lot about college savings in recent months; how and where to save, what to invest in, how much our...
read more Inflation: An Exchange Between Eugene Fama and David Booth
(From Perspectives, a blog provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors, LP. Learn more about Dimensional Fund Advisors here. The original post was published on June 2, 2021 and can be found here.) David Booth - Executive Chairman and Founder, Dimensional Fund Advisors...
read more Staying Ahead of Cybercriminals
The Colonial Pipeline delivers nearly half the fuel consumed by the Northeastern United States. On May 7th DarkSide broke into the computer system that controls the pipeline and locked it down, causing shortages throughout the east coast until Colonial paid a $4.4...
read more Cicadas and 17 Years of Planning
In this week’s blog, Michael takes inspiration from the cicadas to look back 17 years ago, and plan for next time the bugs are out!
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