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When Your Home Won’t Save You: Rethinking Housing in Retirement

Owning a home isn’t just a financial decision - it’s personal. It’s where your stuff...
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Rethinking the Role of Housing in Retirement Planning

Many people think of their home as their biggest asset. It’s where a lot of...
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Options for Homeowners Whose Retirement Plans Just Got Complicated

A lot of people in or near retirement are realizing that their home - once...
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A Big Beautiful Article

Today let’s chat about Public Law 119‑21 – you may know this as the One...
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Everything Is Connected: Why It’s So Hard to See Your Financial Life Clearly

For many people, financial life feels like a pile of paperwork, not a plan. You’ve...
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A Midyear Personal Assessment

How to Stay Financially Grounded When the Economy Won't Sit Still We just spent time...
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We Read the 2025 Midyear Outlooks. Here’s What Matters.

We reviewed several mid-year outlooks from major investment firms. All of them land in the...
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Target-Date Funds: Useful Shortcut or Oversimplified Solution?

If you have a company retirement plan, there’s a good chance you’ve seen target-date funds...
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Does Your Retirement Fund Match You or Just Your Age?

If you’ve got money in a retirement plan like a 401(k) or 403(b) you were...
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Diversification Is Not a Strategy – It’s a Tool

“Diversify your investments” gets tossed around so casually it starts to feel like a strategy...