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September Market Commentary
We just tryna catch a good time /Even if it takes all night Good TimeNiko Moon With Labor Day falling on September 1st this year, it seems like Summer 2025 was shorter than it should be. Yes it was the same number of days as always, but it just seems shorter. Maybe it...
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Financial Literacy Month: Common Sense Money Rules to Up Your Financial Management
Financial Literacy Month: Common Sense Money Rules to Up Your Financial Management Financial literacy month is a time when we remind ourselves to learn as much about keeping money as we do making it. April is Financial Literacy month in the US, so designated by a US...
Inflation, Interest Rates, and Your Money
Over the last several months, we've all seen the price of goods and services increase at a dramatic rate. That has a direct impact on our spending and savings goals when every trip to the grocery store or gas station is significantly more expensive, even over a short...
The Top 12 Credit Card Mistakes People Make
The Top 12 Credit Card Mistakes People It’s all too easy to make financial mistakes when you have your first credit card. If you don’t know how to preserve your financial standing and your credit score, it can be easy to fall into trouble. Millions of people every...
Understanding Retirement Readiness
Tips to Help You File Your Taxes Like a Pro
First - Here are Important tax dates to remember Tax season is filled with dates and deadlines, but here are some you should definitely keep in mind: January 2023 marks the beginning of the 2022 tax season. This is when the IRS will start accepting and processing...
3 Personal Finance Rules to Know
First - Use a simple budgeting method like the 50/30/20 rule. There are a few variations of this rule, but it's designed to make the budgeting process easy. Take your after tax monthly income and divide into 3 simple categories: 50% for needs 30% for wants 20% for...
Tips for Retiring in a Volatile Market
Retirement during a volatile market is unsettling. Whether you are on the cusp or have already made the leap, a market downturn’s impact on your savings will be felt now and potentially for years to come. Here are a few tips to help you keep your plan on track and...
Retiring in a Volatile Market: Control What You Can
Retiring in a Volatile Market: Control What You Can With contributions from Mark Essenfeld, CFP®, AIF® Retirement during a volatile market is unsettling. Whether you are on the cusp or have already made the leap, a market downturn’s impact on your savings will be...
March Market Commentary – Why Aren’t Rate Hikes Working?
February Recap and March Outlook If there's an aphorism for February that you could embroider on a pillow, it would be, "The more things change, the more they remain the same." Markets appear to have finally started taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's...
Tips for Achieving a Comfortable Retirement Savings Plan
Tips for Achieving a Comfortable Retirement Savings Plan Although most of us recognize the importance of sound retirement planning, few of us embrace the nitty-gritty work involved. With thousands of investment possibilities, complex rules governing retirement plans,...