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Fiscal Cliff Notes

On New Year’s Eve, Lake Superior State University released its 38th annual edition of the “List of Words to Be ...
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Making a Good Life Happen—The Explanation

After the democratic convention in North Carolina, President Obama and others quipped that former President Clinton should be appointed the ...
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Will You Run Out of Money?

The very real threat of running out of money is one of the main reasons that financial planning exists as ...
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What QE3 Means to You

With a new arrival to our family, my mother-in-law has been staying with us for the past couple of weeks. ...
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The Evolving Stages of Life

Chances are that when you were studying the developmental stages of life in sociology or psychology, there were essentially four: ...
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The True Value of Compromise: Simpson-Bowles

For the past eight years, Bonnie and I have been very grateful to be invited to the annual Schwab EXPLORE ...
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Investing Lessons from the Happiest Place on Earth

Having survived a week-long road trip to Disneyland a few weeks ago with my two young kids—ages “almost six” and ...
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Building a Better Bunker Portfolio

Fighting a bout of insomnia the other night, I happened to catch a show on the National Geographic Channel called ...
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The Risk and Reward of Culture—in Life and at Downton Abbey

Bonnie and I were late to the party with regard to the Masterpiece Classic presentation of Downton Abbey on PBS ...
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