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Inflation: The Investing Risk You Cannot Escape
Inflation is the one inevitability in investing. What can you do to hedge inflation risk and protect your portfolio against rising prices?
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5 Financial Steps New Parents Should Take Today
Raising children is more expensive than you may think. Here are five financial steps new parents should take today to secure their family for the future.
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Family Ties: How to Protect Your Child’s Inheritance
You have heard the stories — the ones of famous celebrities whose deaths created multimillion-dollar tussles over their estates. How can you avoid those pitfalls and ensure that the inheritance you have worked hard to build and pass on to your heirs meets your goals and intentions?
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Keeping Score: Who Wins in the U.S.-China Trade War?
The United States and China are engaged in a heated trade war, one that doesn't show signs of tempering any time soon. The real question is: Who stands to win the conflict? And perhaps more importantly, who will pay the ultimate price?
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When Faced With Market Volatility, Find the Silver Lining
Investors have faced significant market volatility so far in 2019, which begs the question: When it comes to investing in stocks, is the reward worth the risk?
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To Catch FIRE, Focus on What You Can Control
In recent years, the "FIRE" movement — "Financial Independence/Retire Early" — has gained a lot of steam in the retirement planning community. What exactly does it mean, and how can you apply it to achieve financial security and freedom during your golden years?
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Are Retirement Medical Costs Really That Scary?
Much of the public discourse about retirement revolves around the rising cost of health care and the inadequacy of resources like Social Security and Medicare. But are retirement medical expenses as steep as people portray them to be?
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7 Steps to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits
After all those years of paying into the system, many thriving retirees are looking forward to the day when they can begin receiving those monthly Social Security benefit checks. Take these important steps to make sure you're getting all of the funds you deserve.
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Do You Qualify? Using the Restricted Application to Get Extra Social Security Income for Life
If you will reach your full retirement age in 2019, you are one of the last thriving retirees that's eligible to take advantage of a valuable Social Security strategy.
