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3 Investment Factors that Don’t Drive Long-term Returns

by muzeumdev25 | Aug 2, 2024 | Investments

As a long-term investor, you’re always thinking about what factors drive your investment returns. Unfortunately, many investors focus on things that cause short-term changes and actually have no impact on long-term market returns. It’s not their fault – these myths...
Your Role & Responsibilities as an Agent in a Power of Attorney (POA)

Your Role & Responsibilities as an Agent in a Power of Attorney (POA)

by muzeumdev25 | Jul 19, 2024 | Estate Planning, Finance, Insurance, Investments, Tax Planning

A Guide to Pensions & Retirement Benefits

A Guide to Pensions & Retirement Benefits

by muzeumdev25 | Jul 18, 2024 | Investments, Retirement, Tax Planning

How much do you really know about retirement benefits? If you’re like most Americans, it’s not that much. In fact, most of us have fairly poor “retirement literacy,” especially when it comes to the finer points of retirement benefits.1 That may not seem like a big...
Longevity in Retirement & What You Should Know

Longevity in Retirement & What You Should Know

by muzeumdev25 | Jun 3, 2024 | Finance, Investments, Retirement, Savings

How many years will your retirement last? What are the chances you’ll live past 90? Most of us answer those questions wrong because we don’t have strong longevity literacy.1 That means that about 81% of us1 aren’t working with a viable understanding of our own...
Top 4 Social Media Money Scams & How to Spot Them

Top 4 Social Media Money Scams & How to Spot Them

by muzeumdev25 | May 1, 2024 | Finance, Investments, lifestyle, privacy, Savings

Believe it or not social media scams have been picking more pockets than any other scam today––including phone call and text fraud.1 There have been more than $2.7 billion in losses to social media scams between January 2021 and June 2023.2 And whether or...
How to Overcome 3 Unconscious Biases That Can Keep Your Financial Goals Out of Reach

How to Overcome 3 Unconscious Biases That Can Keep Your Financial Goals Out of Reach

by muzeumdev25 | Feb 14, 2024 | Finance, Investments, lifestyle

In a perfect world, every money decision we make would be totally rational. We’d consider all of the facts. Then, we’d balance them with the risks to make the most logical choice available.1 That sounds simple. Yet it doesn’t happen as much as it should in the real...
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