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Feeling Powerless? How to Intentionally Use What You Actually Have—for Good!
Feeling a little overwhelmed, perhaps? Experiencing repetitive bouts of news-whiplash? Or, how about feeling hopeless around how you can actually break through all of the noise and make a difference in the direction of positivity? First, give yourself a break. Accept the situation that we are all being flooded with unreasonable amounts of new and…
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How Can I Maximize My Tax Refund? Reducing Debt vs. Investing vs. Boosting Savings!
The average tax refund this year was over $3k, and that has increased from last year! That is some impactful money! What did you, or will you do, with yours? If you are interested in making the greatest impact, read below for a few guidelines around whether to pay off debt, invest, or put your…
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Basics of Investing: ICYMI New Bitcoin Investment Options Go Mainstream!
ICYMI: Last week, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), who Nationally regulate investing, approved new Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) that track the performance of Bitcoin itself. By doing this, they essentially provided a safer, more secure and accessible, way to dabble in Bitcoin, one of the most popular cryptocurrencies. This move opened the door and sends…
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Getting Started Investing: Some Common Terminology!
We’ve talked about the different types of investment accounts one might choose, and the importance of getting started now rather than later. Once you do start dabbling in investing (whoo-hoo! go, you!) you may come up against some terms that might sound completely foreign. There is a belief that this is all done on purpose…
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Getting Started Investing: What Might NOT Investing Cost Me Over Time?
We discussed the different types of Investment Accounts, along with their pro’s & con’s. If you’re still on the fence about whether or not you want to dabble in investing, let’s take a look at the flipside: what we miss out on when we do not invest our money! Again, not investing advice; this is…
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Getting Started Investing: Understanding the Basics!
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by investing, you’re certainly not alone..it’s almost as if it’s designed to be confusing and therefore we must all either (a)pay someone a lot of money to either explain it to us or manage it for us, or (b)be left out of the investment world all together, missing out on potentially…
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Financial Literacy Month: Investing ABC’s!
April is Financial Literacy Month! We touched recently on the definitions of Stocks, Bonds, ETF’s and Mutual Funds. Let’s expand our knowledge with some more investing terminology! A: Asset Allocation: The different investment types you have chosen to make up your portfolio (see “P” for Portfolio below). B: Bull/Bear Markets: Any market in which prices…
