Like most people, when Angry Birds was everywhere, I had it on my phone. I got stuck on a level, and the game offered a power-up that promised to help me move on. For 99 cents, the Mighty Eagle would help me win the level and get back to whatever I was supposed to be doing.
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It’s October – all of us are preparing for Halloween frights and scares. This month, we want to make sure none of them are coming from financial frauds and scams.
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I can discuss investment portfolios, interest rates and pension liabilities for longer than most people would consider healthy. But if you open the hood of a car and ask me what I am looking at, I will confidently say “the engine” and hope you change the subject.
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An index fund does not try to identify the next great company or predict which part of the market will perform best. Instead, it owns a broad group of investments designed to track a market index, such as the S&P 500.
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While it is true that there is nothing completely free – there are some things in your financial life that are close enough to free that you should pay attention and take advantage when possible.
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They are called difficult conversations for a reason. But the ironic thing is, for the most part, the difficulty is almost always in starting the conversation, not in the reaction to the topic itself.
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We’ve all got strong opinions on taxes. I certainly do, too. It’s hard to even write about the topic objectively, but as taxes are the single biggest expense most people will incur in their lives, it’s important for financial literacy purposes to address them.
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Fungibility. It’s a funny word for a powerful concept. Essentially, fungibility means that money is money. Dollars earned or dollars found are actually indistinguishable from each other and are completely interchangeable.
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It’s not the destination, it’s the journey. We’ve all heard this life advice at some point or another, and it really is useful – in a world that is more focused every day on the next milestone, the next challenge and the next news cycle – appreciating what is going on along your path is essential.
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I’ll go ahead and apologize if you aren’t a sports fan… but with the Super Bowl and UNC vs. Duke in college basketball this weekend, plus the start of the Winter Olympics, sports are front of mind.
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