The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, has brought significant changes to the tax landscape—including some important shifts that affect charitable giving. While the law made permanent many...
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Whether you’re expecting a little bundle of joy or already cradling one in your arms, congratulations! This is an exciting (and maybe slightly overwhelming) time. Along with the endless onesies and midnight feedings, there are...
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After suffering through many years of low interest rates, investors are relieved to finally be earning a real return on their cash. Money market funds continue to yield north of 5% after earning less than...
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In Part 1: Key Considerations for Long-term Care, we explored some of the data surrounding long-term care (LTC) and the factors that might contribute to greater likelihood of needing care. In this blog, we take...
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The last several years have certainly tested investors. If we’ve learned anything, it’s to expect the unexpected—pandemics, debt defaults, bank failures. There will often be something on the sidelines waiting to foil the jubilance of...
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The winding down of the pandemic has brought a flurry of wedding activity. Aside from determining living arrangements, newlyweds often start contemplating the merger of their financial lives following all the wedding festivities. In my...
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While death is inevitable, we are rarely prepared for the grief and sense of loss we experience when a loved one dies. While trying to process the death emotionally, we can be overwhelmed by the...
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Several times a year, after months of intensive study, a determined group of budding financial planners “sit” for the day-long exam to become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. It is a tense day and the culmination...
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The concept of home ownership seems to be entrenched in the psyche of Americans, and most people consider owning a home as one of the best ways to accumulate wealth. Moreover, for most Americans, housing...
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In the years since the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, we have all learned more about bank stress tests and how these tests protect our financial system from banks taking extra risks. I was thinking about...
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