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May 22, 2013
Financial Planning
Johanna Fox Turner
Beyond the debt snowball: Practical tips for asset protection
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about how to protect your assets. A woman proudly told her friend, “I’m responsible for making my husband a millionaire.” “Well what was he bef...
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Johanna Fox Turner
Tax planning 2013.0
Golf is a lot like taxes. You drive hard to get to the green and then wind up in the hole. We’re coming up on that busy time of the year. I don’t mean Christmas shopping — it’s tax planning season!...
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You, Inc.
Have you ever thought of yourself as a business? It’s not a bad idea, actually. Last month’s “The Emotion Quotient” discussed the cozy relationship we have with our money and how the quality of tha...
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The emotion quotient
We learn about and consciously think of money in terms of numbers: saving to reach a goal, calculating interest on a loan, putting 10 percent into the collection plate at church, and so on. Agree? ...
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Suddenly poor: what does your retirement hold?
financial planning Run a Google search on “sudden wealth” and you find all kinds of advice on how to deal with the horribly traumatic effects of winning the lottery or inheriting oodles of money. T...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Five reasons you may need a trust
A recent conversation with a client: Client: “Do I need a trust?” Me: “It depends. What would be the purpose?” Client: “Oh, I don’t know, I just keep hearing about them and wondered if I needed one...
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Five ways to keep your 401(k) from bombing
How well do you understand your 401(k)? Do you read all the paperwork or do those envelopes sit in the shredder pile? If you’re like most people I talk to, the fine points are more irritant than en...
Apr 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Six ways to spend your income tax refund
In last month’s article, I pointed out that many people look forward to getting a refund from Uncle Sam every year (in 2010, about 70 percent of filers got refunds averaging $3,100). This may brand...
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Mythbusters, financial edition
Seven money myths debunked
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Avoiding new identity theft tactics
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a series about a new identity threat to people of all ages that can harm you, or your child’s, credit and finances. In last month’s article, we di...
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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