Monthly Archives: August 2012

5 Costly Life Insurance Mistakes

Life insurance is used during many aspects of the financial planning process, but it’s easy to overlook several considerations that could cost your family big when the time comes to collect.  I’ve rounded up five of the most costly life …

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Is A HELOC Right For You?

Is A HELOC Right For You?

First of all, it’s important to know exactly what a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) is.

A HELOC is a type of home loan that works similar to a credit card.  Instead of receiving all of the money up …

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Are We Slaves To Our Unconscious?

Are We Slaves To Our Unconscious?

Behavioral finance is the field of study that explores how people make financial decisions. The brain is constantly being bombarded by unimportant information from its surroundings at all time: if you are reading the morning paper, the brain is trying …

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The Roth IRA: The Basics

The Roth IRA: The Basics

The Roth IRA is a favorite amongst the financial planning community for good reason.

Saving for retirement can be a big headache and because of all the restrictions on withdrawals it’s tough to know whether to invest in tax deferred …

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Navigating the Sea of Retirement Accounts

Navigating the Sea of Retirement Accounts

Here’s a quick rundown of the most common types of retirement accounts that people ask me about.  I’m only going to touch on each of these briefly and will revisit these different accounts separately in a future post.

A warning, …

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What Type of Investment Account Should I Use?

What Type of Investment Account Should I Use?

Today I’m going to highlight the differences between qualified accounts that offer tax-deferred growth (meaning you pay taxes on growth later) vs non-qualified accounts that offer taxable returns. Anyway, here goes:

 

What is a Qualified Account?

What is a

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