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What Children Want to Talk to Their Grandparents About May Surprise You.
Children are looking to their grandparents for advice about saving money, according to a new study by TIAA-CREF and MIT’s AgeLab. 85% of the children interviewed were interested in talking more about money, saving and personal finance. Yet, only 8% of grandparents...
Why Teenagers Should Open a Roth IRA
A Roth IRA does more for your teenager than help them realize the importance of saving for retirement. It could give them a great boost, too! Consider the recent article from the New York Times.
Now May Be The Best Time To Check Your Risk Tolerance
Is this the top of the market? If so, are you (and your investments) ready for the possible roller coaster that could follow? That’s the gist of a recent WSJ article, and it’s not bad advice to consider. Investor’s appetite for risk is constantly changing. When the...
Why The Big Mac Index May Affect Your Decision to Travel Abroad
At first it sounds silly; use the cost of McDonald’s Big Mac to gauge purchasing power in different countries. What first started as a humorous approach to addressing the pricing discrepancies between countries for similar goods, has been taken more and more seriously...
Watch That Cell Phone!
1 in 10 Americans have had their smart phone stolen. Make sure you protect your personal information with these three tips: Make sure you have a security PIN set up to lock your phone. Consumer Reports states only 36% of all smart phone have some sort of security....
The Great Tax Migration
Sick of the high costs to live in Connecticut? Some residents (and our clients, too) are taking action and moving to cheaper states. If you’re curious to see how much you could save, start with these resources: How Money Walks:Wealth is leaving this state, mostly to...
Pay Attention to Your NU Stock
For those of you who hold NU stock, you may be excited to see that it has been reaching new all-time highs at over $47 per share! So, let’s take some time to evaluate it as an investment. Recently, we noticed an abnormality that warrants some discussion: With some...
A New Kind Of Retirement
Great article in Money about good trends developing for those in retirement. It’s a refreshing article and well worth the read.
Doom-and-Gloomers Have It Wrong
The stock market didn’t crash. The economy didn’t collapse. The government didn’t default. The Euro didn’t fail. The inflation rate didn’t turn into hyperinflation. And yet, every time we turn on the TV, all we see are more dark clouds looming in the distance,...
Why Americans Don’t Own As Much Stock As They Used To
At first glance, the trend of stock ownership in the US is quite declining. It appears that for most Americans, the percentage of stock in a portfolio is less and less. That’s scary… but there is more to this story than just another post about investors sitting in...
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