Nothing is more heart breaking than to hear of someone passing who leaves unpaid bills and loved ones poorly provided for.  And literally, here in the United States, it happens every day; 6,912 people die every day leaving bills unpaid and loved ones inadequately provided for.[i] But it doesn’t have to be that way. Today …

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It is reported that when Hillary Clinton diverted from her scripted speech and spoke from her heart saying, “…you could put half of Trumps supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,” that one of her closest advisors texted a friend, “With that statement, Hillary just lost the race.”  And today we know that …

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How you can lose money earning an Average Rate of Return

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: A time to be born and a time to die, A time to plant and a time to uproot, A time to kill and a time to heal, A time to tear down and a time to build up, A …

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We live in an abundant world where we have the potential to accumulate many things, many of which become detrimental rather than beneficial to our well being. This plain fact, again, was pressed upon my mind this past weekend.  We were visiting some near relatives who are consummate hoarders.  From the exquisitely expensive to the …

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Is this really in your best interest?

Discover the different kinds of Life Insurance and why you need the right kind when you’re building wealth.

John (Jack) Bogle is one of the most respected and venerated figures in the financial world today.  His book Don’t Count On It, outlines and demonstrates that his model of “Protecting Investors Profit First” is critical.   In fact, he revolutionized the investment world when he founded Vanguard back in 1975 based on this primus. Vanguard …

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There’s a lot to be said about the power of planning for perpetuity.  First and foremost is the fact that if you don’t plan, you’ll never get off the ground.  But when you “Shoot for the moon and miss, you’ll be among the stars.”[i]  Miserably, most never get off the ground because they’ve never had …

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Something profound from an Algebra Textbook about life