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WWYD: Run through your money or plan a respectful death
‘œThis is what I’ve planned all along,’ ‘“ Jack Kevorkian When I interviewed Susie Bright, the well-known author and sexpert for our Ten Money Questions series, she opened up about retirement and indicated that health care (even at her playful age) is a crippling expense. She writes, ‘œI don’t want to live long unless my…
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How Not to Waste Money on Bodybuilding Supplements
The marketing of bodybuilding supplements is so effective that many people mistakenly believe they can be used for all types of workout programs. The vast amount of conflicting information and overlapping terminology in health literature doesn’t help this matter either. Much like finding the right-fitting financial goals, proper assessment and doing your homework can prevent…
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Learning About Investing Is Not Optional
Marc explained some mutual fund basics yesterday in “Why A Mutual Fund Makes More Cents”. It’s a good introduction to the topic. But the necessity of the article highlights a problem that often frustrates me – the general lack of knowledge about investing. Unless you make loads of money, you absolutely have to invest if…
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When Banking Gets Frustrating
Here’s an example of how frustrating banking can be’¦even for us financial professionals. The bank where I conduct my business banking (let’s call them Bank W) started enforcing one of their policies. Here’s how their minor change played out from a customers perspective. A couple weeks ago I took a deposit to the ATM at…
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Come See the Softer Side of Money
At Ramit Sethi’s popular I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog, I provided a guest post on Friday about How Men’s and Women’s Magazines Write about Money. Here is the opening: *** Investment advice comes in all shapes and sizes. Grab a few back issues of Esquire and a quick scan of its ‘œinvesting’…
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Why a Mutual Fund Makes More Cents
Why a Mutual Fund Makes More Cents When I first started my career back during the turn of the millennium, I was a little concerned. I asked myself (in fact, I prayed about it) whether or not I was capable of managing others’ money including, but not limited to, retirement accounts, college savings plans and…
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Ten Money Questions for Richard Oceguera
Richard Oceguera is a seasoned e-commerce professional and the founder of KOR Strategy Group. He’s also the muscle behind the LGBT-to-B business committee at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Don’t let the bow tie fool you’¦ he knows how to roll up his sleeves and create change as noted through his contributions with the G…
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Sleeping With Money: Merging of Families and Very Different Finances
The holiday season approaches us, and it’s that time of year when many couples introduce his or her partner to the family, or when this anxious reunion happens once again. It’s the time of year that brings back a vivid childhood memory of when I went Christmas shopping with my sister. I’m about seven years…
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