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24 May 2019 “How much do people spend on vacations?”

Posted at 08:00h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

As Jack reminds me almost daily, next week is his last in kindergarten which means summer is just around the corner. Soon we’ll all be packing our bags and heading to the beach (or elsewhere) for a vacation. As I was thinking about my family's...

17 May 2019 What’s the point of giving your money away?

Posted at 09:00h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Now that the 2018 tax season is over (unless you extended, but you know what I mean), we've gotten through our first official tax year of higher standard deductions, which, among other things, means for most people the relative value of each dollar given to charity has gone down...

10 May 2019 Consider Your Savings Account

Posted at 11:21h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

I started banking with my current bank almost 30 years ago. I chose NCNB because they had a branch a short walk from my dorm room. As a college freshman, proximity and the fact that they were willing to give me a credit card was...

26 Apr 2019 How much should you tip? And other questions.

Posted at 10:38h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

In 1992, during the Barcelona Olympics (where the greatest basketball team of all time was assembled), Seinfeld began its fourth season with a two-part opening called "The Trip." Like almost all Seinfeld episodes, there's no point in me trying to recap what happens in those...