My wife and I have been shopping almost exclusively at Trader Joe’s since they opened2 locations in Kansas City. If you read my blog often, you know that we are deal seekers. However, we’ve also…
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Top 3 Financial Pitfalls
I started my firm because I wanted to spend my days making and saving money for other people. I believe that those two aspects of financial planning are the key to what I do. For…
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Be Debt Free
My wife often says, “I love a little hardship; I’d recommend it to anyone!” She doesn’t say this with blind optimism – she has experienced living meagerly (after living well for most of her life),…
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The Cost of Poor Investment Timing
Do you know how much buying and selling your investments at the wrong time can cost you? According to Morningstar, stock funds returned 1.6% annually from 1999-2009. However, the typical fund investor only earned 0.22%…
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Coupon Bug: A Financial Planner Analyzes His Wife’s Habit
As food and gas prices rise, store packaging contains lesser product than before, and television shows like “Extreme Couponing” on TLC pop up, many families have jumped on the coupon-clipping bandwagon. My own wife became…
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