Category: Saving Money
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Three Investment Trends To Watch in 2025
The savvy investor knows that staying informed of emerging investment trends is crucial to a sound financial planning strategy. Today’s rapidly changing economic landscape makes staying on top of the latest developments quite the challenge. Still, being aware of what’s happening now and in the near future can position your portfolio for future growth. In…
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Securing Your Child’s Future: A Guide to Education Planning
Imagine staring into the beautiful eyes of a newborn child, hopeful of all the promise that comes with a brand new life. You might start to think about the person that this child will one day be: their dreams, aspirations, and all the future holds. Fast forward a couple of years to the child’s first…
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Retirement Planning Guide: Saving for Your Future
Retirement is often thought of as a blissful state of leisure and freedom. It’s a time to relax, travel, and pursue hobbies without the constraints of a full-time job. For many people, it’s a reward for decades of hard work and dedication, a chance to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Retirement is more than…
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What is Financial Independence?
What does financial independence actually mean? It’s more than just having a lot of money in the bank; it’s the freedom to live life completely on your terms, knowing that your financial obligations are covered. Can you imagine waking up without the stress of working for a paycheck? For many people, financial independence isn’t a…
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What is a Fiduciary Financial Advisor?
Why Fiduciary Responsibility is Important to Clients A fiduciary financial advisor represents the pinnacle of trust and ethical standards in the world of financial management. However, what is the fiduciary responsibility they carry? What does fiduciary responsibility mean? Essentially, these professionals are legally obligated to act in the interests of their clients and must set…
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What Is Value Investing?
What Is Value Investing? Value investing is an approach to increasing wealth where investors actively search for stocks that are undervalued. After the initial investment, value investors usually hold on to these stocks for however long it takes for their share prices to increase. If these stocks appreciate and approach their underlying values, they need…
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Smart Stock Investing Minimize Risk, Optimize Returns
Smart Stock Investing: Minimize Risk, Optimize Returns Losing Money is Easy Too easy. While no one will say they want to lose money, many investors just can’t help themselves. They focus only on the short-term. They see trendy stocks going up, providing great short-term profits for other people, and they want their piece of the…
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Two Most Common Misconceptions About Stock Investing
Two Most Common Misconceptions About Stock Investing Investing is simple, but not easy. Warren Buffett Regularly, I speak with many people about stocks, and I found that most people have at least one of these two most common misconceptions about stock investing: If the above sounds like they make sense to you, that’s because these…
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Saving for College-Is a 529 Plan Enough
Saving for College – Is a 529 Plan Enough? Saving for College Does the thought of paying for your children’s college tuition scare you? According to bestcolleges.com, the average tuition and fees increased from $8,661 to $14,307 per year from 2000-2021. So, for a 4-year degree in 2024, you probably need to pay around $60,000…
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Repair Your Car or Buy a New One
Should You Repair Your Car or Buy a New One? Things to Consider Similar to being asked whether someone should buy or rent a house, I received another question: “Should you repair your car or buy a new one?” My 2005 Honda Civic just reached 100,000 miles and I have my car scheduled for a…
