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Nick Backe | Oct 17, 2024

How to Boost Your Financial Literacy: 5 Simple Tips for Success

Finance
Education

Many of us have experienced the cost of financial literacy gaps at one point or another. And if you’re like most folks, the gaps in your financial literacy

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Nick Backe | Oct 10, 2024

When Vacations Go Wrong: 5 Costly Travel Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

Lifestyle
You can’t control everything when you travel. But you can control what you know, how you get ready to get away, and what you do while you’re vacationing. And
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Nick Backe | Oct 3, 2024

How to Reprogram & Improve Your Money Mindset

Finance
Investments
Savings

What’s the first thing you think of when it comes to money?

Are your thoughts more positive or negative?

Whatever’s natural to you can speak to your money mindset

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Nick Backe | Sep 26, 2024

Seven Key Tips for Planning Elder Care

Family
Lifestyle
Retirement
Health
Disability
Noticing signs of decline in our loved ones is always hard, and making care decisions for them often feels even harder. While it's impossible to make the
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Nick Backe | Sep 19, 2024

7 Milestones At Age 50 & Above

Retirement

Birthday celebrations at 50 and each year after can be meaningful opportunities to reflect and feel grateful for life’s journey. Some also mark important

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Nick Backe | Sep 12, 2024

Unlock Your Earning Potential: 3 Essential Steps for Negotiating a Higher Salary in Your Next Job Offer

Lifestyle
Savings
Finance
Are you currently negotiating a new job offer or searching for a new role? This article aims to guide you on your journey. The question is: how do you ensure
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Nick Backe | Sep 5, 2024

4 Pervasive Myths About Inflation

Investments
Finance

4 Pervasive Myths About Inflation

Inflation can feel inescapable these days.

For most of us, it also feels like inflation is higher and more persistent than

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Nick Backe | Aug 29, 2024

5 Amazing Places to Retire Outside of the U.S.

Lifestyle
Finance
Retirement
Real Estate
Tax Planning
Would you enjoy your retirement more in the U.S. or abroad?
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Nick Backe | Aug 22, 2024

How to Beat Investing FOMO: The Power of Patient Wealth Building

Investments
Finance

Can you relate to any of the following?

  • “I should have bought that stock before the company went public!”
  • “What a shame — I wish I had invested in that new
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Nick Backe | Aug 15, 2024

Navigating the Post-Cancellation Era of Student Loans

Finance
Education
College
In a shocking turn of events, the Supreme Court has halted the presidential student loan forgiveness plan.1 So, where does that leave you and your outstanding
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Nick Backe | Aug 8, 2024

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

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

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Nick Backe | Aug 1, 2024

Unearth Your Hidden Goals: Why Talking to a Financial Professional Helps

Investments
Finance
Lifestyle
Savings
Goal-setting. It's the bread and butter of success across so many domains. But are you only scratching the surface? Dive deeper. A financial professional doesn
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