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The Sandwich Generation: How to Financially Care For You, Your Kids & Your Parents
If you find yourself raising young ones while caring for older relatives, you're a parent who goes above and beyond. Here are a few things to help ease the financial stress of doing so.
5 Ways to Overcome Financial Stress
Financial stress is no joke, and the anxiety you feel about your money can be crippling. If you're starting to experience financial stress, try these 5 tips.
College Funding Choices
How can you help cover your child’s future college costs? Saving early (and often) may be key for most families. Here are some college savings vehicles to consider.
Tax Planning in Turbulent Times
Whether you’re saving, investing, spending, bequeathing, or receiving wealth, there’s scarcely a move you can make without considering how taxes might influence the outcome. But how do we plan when we cannot know?
Tax Planning in Turbulent Times Part 3: Tax-Wise Financial Planning
Tax planning isn’t just for your investments. Life happens. Often, we cannot predict its next moves, but it's possible to weave each event into the tax-planning fabric of your financial life.
Tax Planning in Turbulent Times Part 1: The Tools of the Tax-Planning Trade
The particulars may evolve, but it seems there are always an array of tax breaks to encourage us to save toward our major life goals—such as retirement, healthcare, education, emergency spending, charitable giving, and wealth transfer.
Are Higher Ed Expenses Tax Deductible? A Quick Reminder for Parents
Sending your kid off to college comes with a hefty price tag. Here's a quick overview of what expenses may qualify for a reduction in your taxes plus 3 tax-focused savings strategies.
Back to School: 5 College Planning Mistakes to Avoid
Sending your kid off to college comes with a hefty pricetag. As you begin the college planning process, keep these 5 common mistakes in mind.
What a Financial Planner Can Do For You
Financial planner. Financial advisor. Investment advisor. Investment manager. You may be wondering what they are and how they’re different. And most of all, you may be wondering what they can do for you and if you should have one.
What Issues Should I Consider When Having (Or Adopting) A Child?
Having or adopting a child is a life-changing experience. While there’s amazing joy in watching your child take his or her first step or speak his or her first words, there can also be a lot of stress when it comes to managing your family’s finances.

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