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3 Places to Save Money Around the Holidays
You know the holidays are right around the corner and you should begin your festive budgeting sooner rather than later for the next three months. However, if you’re like most of us, the prospect of limiting your spending the next few months can come as a bit of a...
How to Build Credit While You’re Unemployed
While losing your job can certainly be detrimental to your finances, it does not make it impossible to build credit. Leslie will discuss strategies to continue – or start – building your credit, even while unemployed. In her early years, when missed student loan...
Longevity Brings Increased Risk of Cognitive Decline (A Planning Issue For Women)
By: Michelle Petrowski, CFP®, CDFA Although not yet retired myself, years ago, when I was a young mother with 2 children under the age of 3, I became the caregiver to my dad, who was disabled in his mid-50’s. My parents had divorced after 30 years of marriage and...
How to Job Search When You’re Over 50
If you are over 50 you may have already experienced ageism at work or during your job search. This webinar will explore the types of ageism, how it manifests itself, and how to combat it during your job search. When people think you are "too old" to do the job it...
After College: Revised Pay As You Earn — Could It Be The Best Plan for Repaying Your Student Loans?
By: Tom Melecki This concludes our review of the Federal Direct Loan Program‘s (FDLP’s) conventional repayment plans and income-driven repayment plans, including Income-Based Repayment, Income-Contingent Repayment, and Pay As You Earn. Today we’ll examine the last of...
Saving and Investing for Retirement
This presentation will highlight planning for retirement, and how taking small actionable steps, especially early in our careers, can lead to long term success. We will discuss setting savings and retirement income goals, reviewing investment types and options. We...
6 Ways to Help Your Elderly Parents With Finances
By: Venessa Worthington Whatever age your parents are, it’s never too soon to begin talking with them about their finances. You want to be sure your parents are well taken care of, so it’s vital to check in with them on their money situation. Here are six ways to help...
After College: Things to Do As Your First Student Loan Payment Comes Due
By: Tom Melecki If you graduated from college last spring, chances are your obligation to begin repaying your Federal Direct Loans has begun. If you’ve not yet heard from the student loan servicer Washington hired to collect your payments, you need to contact it...
Neurochemical ADVERTISING [ post COVID, post PROTEST ]
We are all experiencing rapidly revolutionary changes through massive civil unrest and a COVID pandemic. This means a company’s imagery and messaging must change to remain relevant and current in a rapidly changing marketplace. Neurochemical ADVERTISING [ post COVID,...
Top 3 Financial Challenges Millennial Women Face Today & How to Overcome Them
By: Agatha Singer Millennials have it hard in all matters of money and finance. And according to a recent survey, millennial women have it even harder than men. The main financial challenges before them are repaying student loans, inability to save much, and struggles...
After College: Strategies for Your College Finance Plan
By: Tom Melecki We’ve discussed why students and their families need College Finance Plans (CFPs) and summarized strategies to use in your CFP’s “Before College” and “During College” phases. Let’s review some “After College” strategies. Almost 70% of college graduates...
Why we should start taking identity theft more seriously
By: David Lukić A lot of people hear about identity theft in the news but still fail to take it seriously. It is one of those things that people assume won’t happen to them, but in the modern age people have to be incredibly careful. What is Identity Theft and Online...
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