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Ask any group of financial advisors for their recommendations on how to invest for retirement and you're sure to get a wide variety of answers. That's not surprising given the multitude of different investment options, philosophies and strategies that exist today, and the fervor with...

In the TV series The Bear—which, incidentally, is the best show I've ever seen—one of the main characters goes through a crisis of identity. Richie, or "Cousin" as he's affectionately known, needs a job and knows he needs it, but he is struggling with a deep...

Someone recently asked me when I learned how to use Excel/Word/PowerPoint. I honestly couldn’t remember so I asked my older sister, who could pinpoint learning to use Excel formulas and create graphs during 8th grade computer lab. Before then, we just learned on our own...

The summer season is finally here, and for many that presents an opportunity to slow down. If you’re like us at Beacon, you might plan to use some of your extra downtime reading a good book. We all have a long list of books that...

A quick visit to the CNBC website will surely remind you of the laundry list of things we “should” be concerned about in the financial world these days. Everything from the debt ceiling talks and China to inflation and bank failures. That can make it...