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I have never been comfortable talking about what we do in the community. My parents taught me two important lessons about charity/philanthropy. First, you help those in need, full stop. Second, you don’t run around telling people how great you are for helping. Those have been my marching orders. A decade ago, our advisory council told …
During times of extreme stress (like the almost 2 years of COVID), we begin to fatigue and our decision making isn’t quite as sound. Schwab explores behavioral wealth advice in their BeFi Barometer. Here are the results of their 2021 Survey and a link to the more in-depth Cerulli whitepaper on the topic.
...COVID-19 has changed the way in which we invest, spend and how we prioritize what we have, and what we need to live our best lives. Predicting how the stock market or any other investment is going to do is not a sure thing. Reflecting on where we’ve been, and where we are, can help …
Those of you who regularly read my weekly missives already know that my younger brother died on June 17th. In the parlance of our childhood games, he was my “base.” In a game of tag (and a variety of run and chase games), you were always safe on base. In the last 2 decades he …
The financial press has generated much excitement over the sudden increase in SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) and the advent of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Due to the large sums of money being showered on both, the parody skits on Saturday Night Live, and the involvement of “influencer financiers,” there is a lot of buzz. Where …
One week before the end of the first quarter, March 23rd, marked the 1-year anniversary of the pandemic’s bear market low. The low closing price of the iShares MSCI All-Country World Index (ACWI) ETF was 54.33 at that time. On March 31st, 2021 it stood at 95.15 – a gain of over 75% (not including …
It’s also National Canine Fitness, National Fresh Celery, and International Guitar Month (among so many other designations), but let’s not get distracted. What is financial literacy? In 2008, the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy defined financial literacy as “the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of …
There is a lot of talk about financial literacy in America these days, and for good reason. According to the 2018 National Financial Capability Study, Americans are struggling: The divide between the struggling and the prosperous is widening. 53% of Americans report feeling anxious about finances. 42% have been late on a student loan payment; …
My son, Eli, gave his mom a meme subscription for her B-day. His promise was simple; he would scour the Internet and send her a meme each day for the entire year. I think it lasted 3 weeks before he missed the first day and then it slowly crumbled from there. Eli quickly discovered that …
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