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Tax time is here again.  This year we all get another three days to get those taxes filed and in.  Have your taxes been filed yet.  The magic day is April 18 (extended due to a holiday in D.C.). April 15 is still an important date still this year.  It is the last day that…

To many people the concept of an emergency fund is foreign. Many do not realize that you can acknowledge that bad financial times are headed your way and then set aside funds to help you get through those tough times. Others, while they claim to have an emergency fund, really do not because it is…

Online banking is nothing new.  However, many people have yet to experience the ease of managing their bank account from their keyboard.  Many use online banking to simply check their account balance or, if they really feel daring, transferring money from one account to the another.  Online banking can be so much more and allow…

Again this week I have been part of situations with my clients that seem bleak to say the least.  Over and over people have allowed themselves to get into bad financial situations and then begin to blame others.  Whether their current or former employer, the bank or mortgage company, the business climate, friends, family, and…

Next week my wife will celebrate another birthday.  It would likely be in my best interest not to tell you how old she will be.  Like me, she grew up in a family with several other siblings.  Like many of you, she can recall the fun and trouble that they used to get into as…

I subscribe, or have subscribed, to several financial magazines.  Early on in my life, I thought these periodicals were made for me to better manage my money.  Over the past few years, I have learned that these periodicals are, for the most part, marketing and sales documents.  I still get them, and the associated emails…