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What the Recent Dockworker’s Strike Has to do With You.

What the Recent Dockworker’s Strike Has to do With You. At the beginning of October, we saw the International Longshoreman’s Association representing 45,000 Dockworkers in ports all over the Eastern United States hit the picket lines. The Union demanded a 77% wage increase over a 6-year period for its members. They also demanded a total […]

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Are You Ready for Exponential Change?

Are You Ready for Exponential Change? Change. Do you like change, or do you not? I’m not talking about pocket change; I’m talking about things becoming different than they are today. I’m talking about the shift of your “normal” to a new kind of “normal.” Our attitude toward change depends. Sometimes it depends on what […]

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A Simple, but Essential, Truth that can Save You Time and Money

A Simple, but Essential, Truth that can Save You Time and Money Today’s episode is a unique one. It’s super practical and hopefully a bit humorous to drive home a very simple point that I think is applicable when it comes to money and time. It is applicable when it comes to your personal world, […]

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The Next Move in Interest Rates

The Next Move in Interest Rates The Federal Reserve sent a very clear signal last week that their benchmark Fed Funds rate has peaked and that they will begin lowering rates soon. Let me remind you what the Fed Funds rate is. It is the target rate at which banks lend to one another overnight. […]

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How to Give Your Family Fewer Fights Over Money

How to Give Your Family Fewer Fights Over Money Because of the nature of what we do, we’ve seen lots of instances where sons and daughters, or maybe even grandsons and granddaughters are trying to sort through the finances of a loved one who has recently passed. I would say that in 80% or more […]

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Are the Winds of the Economy Shifting?

Are the Winds of the Economy Shifting? I love being on the lake – especially when the water is calm, and the wind is low. But there are times where I notice a shift in the direction of the wind. Sometimes it is a sign that the weather is about to change. I want to […]

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