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22 Sep 2022 How Americans Spent Their Money in 2021

Posted at 15:46h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the findings of their Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE), which track the earnings and expenditures of American households. The first survey was done in 1888, though it didn't become an annual tradition until 1984, and is packed with...

15 Sep 2022 4 Dangers of High Incomes

Posted at 13:37h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

If you are approaching a four-way intersection in the U.S., one that does not have traffic lights, the most common way to deal with the conflict between cars travelling in intersecting directions is to have one stop sign at each crossing. The four-way stop is...

08 Sep 2022 Sharing the Load

Posted at 18:46h in The Friday Brief by Ellen Martin

For some reason, people love to ask the question, “Who cooks dinner in your household?” As much as I love to cook, I don’t enjoy the planning process one bit. I want cooking to be a creative outlet but as soon as I attempt to...

01 Sep 2022 Safety Sam

Posted at 13:33h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

Last week, as I was helping a friend prepare to buy a house, I was reminded of how tedious the process of closing a home loan can be these days. If you've taken out a new mortgage or even refinanced your existing one within the...