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6 Alternative Financial Planning Steps

May 3, 2017 Jared Friedman CFP®Financial Planning

The financial planning process is a logical, six-step procedure: (1) determine your current financial situation. (2) develop financial goals. (3) identify alternative courses of action. (4) evaluate alternatives. (5) create and implement a financial action plan (6) reevaluate and revise […]

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Don’t Worry Be Happy – In Retirement

May 1, 2017May 3, 2017 Jared Friedman CFP®Financial Planning

Retirement Study A 2015 study found that 41% of households headed by someone aged 55 to 64 had no retirement savings, and only about a third of them had a traditional pension. Among households in this age group with savings, […]

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Our Favorite Articles of the Week 4-28-2017

April 28, 2017 Jared Friedman CFP®Favorite Articles

Here are our Favorite Articles of the Week A few Lessons From Sherlock Holmes The Rise of Freemium A Day in the Life of a Food Vendor How Young Innovators Are Connecting The World Uber’s CEO Plays With Fire Rule […]

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Are Savings Bonds a Good Investment?

April 28, 2017June 18, 2018 Jared Friedman CFP®Frequently Asked Questions, Investing Intelligence

Clients and friends are always asking me financial questions. You might have similar questions so I have decided to share them with you. I will try and post at least 1 per week. Are Savings Bonds a Good Way to […]

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Simple Investments

April 26, 2017June 18, 2018 Jared Friedman CFP®Investing Intelligence

Financial Markets Are Complex Financial markets are extremely complex and I find that when markets are positive for an extended period of time, we have a tendency to take more risk and gain a sense of overconfidence. This point was […]

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Jared Friedman CFP®

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