Keeping Up with the Joneses: How Social Comparison Drives Your Spending
Not to be one of those people who proclaims the musings of their child as sage wisdom, but here I go. Every time I split a cookie for my kids, my daughter’s ...
Read More →Not to be one of those people who proclaims the musings of their child as sage wisdom, but here I go. Every time I split a cookie for my kids, my daughter’s ...
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Financial ghosts are the accounts and documents that quietly drift out of sight over the years. The seven most common are old 401(k)s from former jobs, ...
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Many taxpayers who claim the standard deduction have long assumed they receive no tax benefit from charitable giving. Beginning with 2026 tax returns, that ...
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After a divorce is final, financial planning works best in stages:
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When we get to life insurance in a planning meeting, most families tell me they’re covered. They’re usually right that they own something. What’s harder to ...
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Building wealth and spending wealth are two different skills. The same market decline that helped you accumulate assets can become a risk once withdrawals ...
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If your employer withheld 22% from a bonus, that wasn’t necessarily your tax rate.
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Fixed income has been one of the lowest performing asset classes of the past year, and it is negative year-to-date. So why hold bonds when they’re down? ...
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I heard “If I Had $1,000,000” by the Barenaked Ladies over the weekend, and — because this is apparently what happens to your brain after some time in the ...
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Loyalty is a virtue. Misplaced loyalty is expensive.
Read More →Picture a happy, successful-looking person sitting at a nice desk, surrounded by thriving houseplants (for whatever reason, so many seem to have houseplants), ...
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There’s a version of your tax situation that only your children will ever see.
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