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The Seven Roles of an Advisor

What is a financial advisor for? One view is that advisors have unique insights into market direction that give their clients an advantage. But of the

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The Legacy of Wisdom

Erik Erikson was a 20th century psychologist who greatly contributed to our understanding of how humans develop—both socially and psychologically—and how they age.  He was the

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Life Long Planning

The Sudden Money Institute specializes in developing evidence-based programs and procedures that focus on managing the transitions we all experience in life. The primary topic of

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Turbulence

I was on a flight to Chicago recently that was projected to be smooth skies from beginning to end.  About halfway through the flight we encountered

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The Zorro Circle and Your Money

(Today’s post comes from a concept in Shawn Achor’s excellent book The Happiness Advantage – I highly recommend it as the principles are applicable across so

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National Retirement Planning Week

You may know that April is Financial Literacy Month. What you may not know that last week was National Retirement Planning Week. While the whole month’s focus

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Protecting What Hurts

My daughter recently broke her arm.  There was no spectacular fall or story, just a fall like any number of hundreds of other tumbles she’s taken

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