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Your Tax Review Checklist for 2022 filing

February 28, 2023

As the April 18th tax deadline is approaching, take some time to consider how the following items may apply to your tax situation before submitting your 2022 return. A quick tax review could save you money. Tax Review Checklist Consider the impact of the following before filing your taxes. Realized Gains & Losses Form 1099-B reports your gains and losses for the year. This comes from your account custodian (Schwab, Fidelity, National Advisors Trust, TD

Four Ways to Apply the 80/20 Rule to Your Financial Pursuits

February 20, 2023

Ever heard of the 80/20 rule? It suggests 80% of an outcome is often the result of just 20% of the effort you put into it. This doesn’t always work. Sometimes, it’s worth going the extra mile. But often, by prioritizing the 20% of your efforts that makes the biggest splash, you can save time, simplify your finances and likely gain better results. In that spirit, here are four financial best practices that pack a

Investment Fundamentals Part 5: Your Financial Plan

February 17, 2023

So far in our investment fundamentals series, we’ve explored the history of investing; how important it is to save (so you have money to invest); how to invest efficiently in broad markets; and why to avoid chasing or fleeing rising or falling prices. But there is more to the story. While investing is one of the most critical elements of long-term financial success, it can’t be done in isolation. In fact, the best results most

Investment Fundamentals Part 4: Patience and Personal Persistence

February 8, 2023

So far in our investment fundamentals series, we’ve explored the history of investing; how important it is to save (so you have money to invest); how to invest efficiently in broad markets; and why to avoid chasing or fleeing rising or falling prices. By applying these principles, you are much better positioned to let capital markets work their wonders on your investments. But there are two more essentials that can make or break even the

Investment Fundamentals Part 3: The Price You Pay Matters

February 2, 2023

In our last piece, we described, Our Marvelous Markets and how to account for it being both robust and random at the same time. Today, we’ll look at how stock pricing works, and why Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe was correct when he reminded us: “Asset prices are not determined by someone from Mars” (even if it may sometimes feel that arbitrary). Markets are inspired by ingenuity, tempered by diversification. The price you pay matters.

Investment Fundamentals Part 2. Our Marvelous Markets.

January 31, 2023

In our last piece, we wrote about how recency bias can damage your investments by causing current crises to loom large, while rewriting your memories of past challenges. Recency tricks us into overpaying during heady times, and bailing at bargain rates, when our confidence fades. One of the best ways to combat recency bias is by focusing instead on the fundamentals that have served investors well for centuries, if not millennia. In this series, we’ll

Your Tax Review Checklist for 2022 filing

Four Ways to Apply the 80/20 Rule to Your Financial Pursuits

Investment Fundamentals Part 5: Your Financial Plan

Investment Fundamentals Part 4: Patience and Personal Persistence

Investment Fundamentals Part 3: The Price You Pay Matters

Investment Fundamentals Part 2. Our Marvelous Markets.

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