‘Tis the Season to Shop for Medicare

Have you been seeing the commercial below a lot lately? What is Medicare Open Enrollment? It is open enrollment season for Medicare prescription drug (Part D) and Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C).  The enrollment period runs from October 15th through…

Where Has Your Money Gone?

Just get back from vacation? Planning a vacation soon? Know how you’re doing with your 2012 budget?  I bet your last response is “No.” Now is most likely not the time you are thinking about your expenses or motivated to…

JP Morgan – A Lesson in Overconfidence Bias

Behavioral Finance defines several investor biases that tend to inhibit financial success. The recent news of JP Morgan’s $2 billion loss demonstrates the danger that an overconfidence bias can be to your portfolio. Overconfidence bias is fairly self explanatory, but…

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Who should pay for College?

One of the biggest financial questions that many of our clients face is the funding of their children’s college education. Adding stress to an already frightening prospect is the rapid rate at which college costs are increasing. Families also face…

3 Tips to Avoid A Stolen Tax Refund

There you are awaiting your tax refund, only to find it has already been claimed by someone else.  Scammers are ever on the cutting-edge of new ways to swindle you out of your money. One of the newest forms of…

Tax Refund for your Mustache?

In the midst of tax season, the American Mustache Institute is proposing a tax benefit for people with facial hair.  The Institute is planning a Million Mustache March this April 1st to support the “STACHE ACT,” Stimulus to Allow Critical…

Waiting Until Things Look Better

Have you ever been in a situation where you spot a news item that you know will make the market drop? At that point, the temptation is to act on this feeling and make the appropriate changes to your investments…

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