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Spending Intentionally While Maintaining Your Goals
Learn how to tell the difference between purchases that reflect your priorities and those driven by habit or pressure.
Value vs. Growth Investing
Among stock-market investors there’s long been a debate between those who favor value and those who favor growth.
A Taxing Story: Capital Gains and Losses
Understanding how capital gains are taxed may help you refine your investment strategies.
How Insurance Supports Your Financial Goals
Discover how insurance can protect your income, family, and future while supporting long-term strategic financial planning.
The A, B, C, & D of Medicare
Learn about all the parts of Medicare with this informative and enjoyable article.
Understanding Homeowners Insurance
Purchasing homeowners insurance is critical for protecting your home.
Money Myth: You Can’t Bounce Back from Retirement Setbacks
Learn how to plan for inflation, make up for lost time and adjust retirement savings goals as you approach the next chapter.
U.S. Personal Savings Rate
What can be learned from the savings rate?
Year-End Charitable Gifting and You
This article may help you maximize the benefits of your donation for your chosen charity.
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What Is My Net Worth?
Get a snapshot of your overall financial picture by calculating your total net worth.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
Compare the true costs of buying versus leasing a vehicle to find the better fit for you.
Annuity Comparison
Compare annuity options to see how each one could affect your long-term income outlook.
Debt vs. Investment
Weigh the potential outcomes of paying off debt versus directing those dollars elsewhere.
What's Your MPG?
Calculate your vehicle's fuel efficiency and see what you're spending on gas annually.
Credit Card Payoff
Find out how long it may take to pay off a credit card balance and what it costs in interest.
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The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing
It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Behavioral Finance
An amusing and whimsical look at behavioral finance best practices for investors.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
What Smart Investors Know
Savvy investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.