Category: Financial Planning

COVID

COVID 19: The Personal Finance Test of a Lifetime

Perhaps you will be able to weather through this pandemic financially, but chances are that someone close to you will not. Pass this along. It may just save someone’s financial future. Transunion is monitoring the financial impact on U.S. Consumers weekly. In their latest report using data from the week ending March 30th, 3 out…
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April 13, 2020 0
CARES

The CARES Act and Other Relief Programs

A few weeks ago, I shared an analogy Steven Furtick gave about what we’re going through. He stated that everyone keeps saying we’re in the same boat, but we aren’t. We’re in the same storm – but some of us on are aboard a war ship while others are on a raft…or less. Three phases…
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April 7, 2020 0
Vitals

Have You Checked Your Financial Vitals?

Have you ever wondered why the doctor has your “Vitals” checked at the beginning of every visit?  Well, let’s look at the definition of “Vitals.” Vital Signs are a group of four to six most important signs that indicate the status of the body’s vital (life-sustaining) functions.1. I want to highlight the phrase “life-sustaining.” If…
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February 3, 2020 0
Debt

Be Done With Debt…

…or at least bad debt. Marlene Satter is an author at ThinkAdvisor who recently wrote a piece called the 10 Scariest Retirement Statistics: 2019. 1 The title was very fitting. Much of the statistics were centered around debt. Take a look: Credit Card interest in 2018 was $113 billion – with a projected growth of…
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November 13, 2019 0
Mountains

Working with Wisdom

Wisdom isn’t something you are born with. Yet wisdom, once gained, can be the most valuable thing you achieve and maintain – second only to your relationships with God and those you love most in life. Wisdom is achieved through years of watching, listening, observing and experiencing. Much of the value we provide doesn’t come…
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April 2, 2018 0

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