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I’ve heard that you can tell whether someone is an optimist or a pessimist by their answer to the question “Which do you want first, the good news or the bad?”

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A financial planning engagement generally includes five broad topics: investments, insurance, retirement planning, estate planning and taxes. I’ve written

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One of the small mysteries of my life is how my articles come into being. Sometimes I’m asked a question that seems like it might be of wider interest

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As I write this in mid-April, Spring’s arrival seems to be on indefinite hold. So, with apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson who wrote that this might be a good

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Since my beard has long been completely white there’s not much I can do to disguise my age. That being the case, there’s probably little further embarrassment

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Sam Cooke spoke for many high school students of the 1960's when he sang the words of today's title as part of his hit song Wonderful World. In college, however

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