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Buying What You Need

May 21, 2015
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We tend not to appreciate what we need. We certainly know what we want but not always what we need.

Smartphones are a case in point. Every year we get introduced to a new product cycle of phones. Apple, Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, LG. The list […]

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Manny versus “Money”

May 5, 2015
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In case it escaped your attention a pretty big boxing match took place over the weekend between two of the greatest fighters of our generation.  The fight was definitely one for the purists. Floyd “Money” Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao (unofficially “the people’s champion”) over twelve underwhelming rounds […]

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Is Debt a Four-Letter Word?

February 27, 2015
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Debt. For some, this truly is a four-letter word in the nastiest sense.

My mother certainly has never been a fan of debt at all. It took her decades to even consider getting a credit card, and only did so when she was required to use a […]

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Retirement Thinking

July 16, 2014
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Despite (or perhaps because of) the incessant noise churned out by the financial media in relation to saving for our retirements, data continues to show that individuals are falling short in that department.
For example, according to the 2014 Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute […]

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