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Healthy Body, Healthy Pocketbook
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help you reduce health-related expenses—and avoid time in the recovery room.
Password Protection Strategies
Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.
Budget Check Up: Tax Time Is the Right Time
Tax preparation may be the perfect time to give the household budget a check-up.
The Utility of Sector Investing
Successful sector investing is dependent upon an accurate analysis about when to rotate in and out.
Value vs. Growth Investing
Among stock-market investors there’s long been a debate between those who favor value and those who favor growth.
Making Sense of U.S. Household Net Worth
A look inside the U.S. government's statistics on household net worth.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Filing Final Tax Returns for the Deceased
The federal government requires deceased individuals to file a final income tax return.
Types of Stock Market Analysis
Most stock market analysis falls into three broad groups: Fundamental, technical, and sentimental. Here’s a look at each.
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Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
How Much Home Can I Afford?
With a few simple inputs you can estimate how much of a mortgage you may be able to obtain.
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Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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The Richest Man in Babylon
In good times and bad, consistently saving a percentage of your income is a sound financial practice.
To Buy or Not to Buy
The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.
Forecast
The market is as unpredictable as the weather. We’d love to help you prepare.
The Latte Lie and Other Myths
Do you know these three personal finance sayings?
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?