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More people are redefining what financial success looks like – moving away from the relentless pursuit of bigger number toward something that actually feels good. Here’s what’s driving the change, and why it matters.
If you've been helping your kids financially and you've never mapped the total against your retirement projections, it’s a good idea to check. Not to reduce your generosity, but so you can be deliberate with your giving without unintentionally changing your future.
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's — one that isn't just physical, but emotional, cognitive, and deeply personal. You may be grieving someone who is still here. You may be making decisions under pressure that no one ever prepared you to make. You may have stopped asking for help because explaining the situation feels harder than just handling it yourself.
If any of this sounds familiar, this piece is for you.
Here is what often gets overlooked in conversations about emergency funds: cash that exceeds a reasonable buffer is not just conservative. It has a real cost.
The anxiety among investors is understandable, given sky-high inflation, stock market losses, the war in the Ukraine, and looking mid-term elections. However, now is not the time to panic. One of my favorite quotes from Mark Twain is “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”. And what is happening today, certainly rhymes with what we have seen in the recent past.
Aaaah, the humble Health Savings Account (HSA). Most of us have one and know the basics of how to use it, but few harness the HSA to its full potential.
We’ve got you covered. We asked our good friend, Kelley Long, CPA/PFS and an expert on HSAs, to bring us up to speed. She shared three of the most important things to know about this underleveraged financial tool.