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We can’t control the future. But we can have some control over the present. By talking with your family about the current state of your finances, your future plans, and your wishes for your estate after you’re gone, you’ll help everyone put their best foot forward and prepare for whatever is to come.
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Retirement Distribution Pitfalls: Not Accounting for Market Fluctuations

Accumulation is a key facet of reaching your retirement goals. However, we tend to see far less about portfolio drawdown, or decumulation—the logistics of managing a portfolio from which you're simultaneously extracting living expenses during retirement. This can be even more complicated than accumulating assets.
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Unemployment by Education Level

There is a clear connection between educational attainment and unemployment rate. As expected, the people with the highest rate of unemployment are the people without even a high school degree.
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The Late-Start Guide to College Savings

Is your child hurtling toward college but you haven't given more than a few anxious thoughts to how you're going to pay for it? School is drawing closer and tuition projections seem to grow more outlandish by the year. Avoiding the issue won't make it go away, and the sooner you tackle it, the better off you are. Read on for some tips.
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Financial First Steps After Having a Baby

The arrival of a baby is an exciting event, but it also brings additional financial challenges and decisions for the whole family. Outlined below are four key financial considerations to help new parents prepare for many of life's unknowns.
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Could Rising Interest Rates Hurt Your 529?

Bond investors have been worried about a rise in interest rates for years now, pretty much ever since the Fed lowered rates in response to the 2008–09 financial crisis. Any rise in rates hurts the value of existing bonds (on the contrary, a drop in rates helps it), and rates have been hovering near historic lows for quite a while.
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Success Factors for Retirement

OK, folks, here's what we're asking you to do. First, save as much money as you can while you're working, despite ongoing expenses.
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