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Considerations When Choosing Your Executor

While no one would likely characterize drafting a will as an exciting task, it certainly is an essential one. After…

2013 Tax Changes

As 2013 wanes, I’m reminded that this year there are a number of tax changes slated to take effect that…

‘Tis the Season: Shoring up for the impending winter shopping spree

As the weather gets progressively cooler there’s a bit of a bite in the air, and Fall truly begins to…

The Student Loan Bubble

Call it a bubble, call it a catastrophe, call it whatever you’d like, but student loan debt has become an…

4 Common Retirement Blunders

The prospect of finally retiring can be an exhilarating one, and saying goodbye to the daily grind can be immensely…

Parents, Teach Your Kids to be Financially Literate

Financial Literacy among young Americans has been a focus of the Jump$tart Coalition since its inception in 1995. The coalition…

Back to School Edition – Avoiding Unnecessary Student Debt

With the Fall 2013 semester fast approaching, having a discussion about ways to avoid unnecessary debt is now more prudent…

American Currency Part 2: How Money Leaves Circulation

Beginning this October, the new design of the $100 bill (http://usat.ly/11PJPTy) will be put into circulation by the Federal Reserve….

American Currency Part 1: A Brief History of Money

As credit and debit cards gradually take over the sphere of purchasing, money becomes less and less a physical thing….

10 Different Hobbies to Enhance Your Retirement, Part II

In Part I of this article, we discussed the importance of finding new and meaningful ways to spend your time…

10 Different Hobbies to Enhance Your Retirement, Part I

Whenever prospective, hopeful or even the wistful members of the workforce are asked what aspects of retirement they’re looking forward…

Why the Recent Uptick in Housing is So Important

By all accounts, the news coming from the Case-Shiller home price index is good news; an average increase of 10.9%…