Ready to start the new year focusing on your financial well-being? Here’s a simple month-by-month list to get you started and keep you on track for 2023. January – Draft a budget. Review last year’s expenses and see where...
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There are many financial strategies to consider throughout the year with your financial advisor and tax accountant. By the end of the year, we know more about next year’s numbers, and we not only strategize for this year, but...
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on, after others let go.” – William Feather Winners don’t quit the stock market. Period. Investors always win over the long term. It’s quite easy to see in the chart,...
Is the Bull market over? Are rising interest rates going to hurt bonds? Will inflation continue to rise? Why is the market so volatile? Many people are worrying. Maybe you are one of them and ask the same questions....
This blog is for couples: new couples, elderly couples, married couples, loving couples, divorcing couples, in all cases, partners as it relates to finance. Let’s start with the (unfortunate) fact. There is something inevitable in any relationship. The end. Relationships, as we know them, come to an end....
Work with me on this analogy. There are many pieces to a puzzle. Imagine that the puzzle you are putting together is your financial well-being. When you are putting the first few puzzle pieces in place, it is challenging...
We have talked a lot about financial wellbeing in our past blogs and how not to let our emotions derail our financial plan, yet FOMO (fear of missing out) is trending now and deserves our attention. Did someone ever...
Proposition 19 recently passed in California, the results of which could mean property tax breaks for those over 55 in the state and potential tax increases for those inheriting homes from their parents or grandparents. For those homeowners thinking...
With the election just days away and COVID-19 cases still surging globally, you may feel the unrest that goes along with not knowing the future nor being able to control it. They are calling 2020 The Year of Anxiety...
September 22nd is the last day of summer, with fall quickly approaching. School is back in session (virtually, as my 3 kids log-in from home), Monday night football is back (no fans in the stands), and open enrollment for...