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Charitable Giving: Three Crucial Considerations
The holidays are by far my favorite time of the year. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, I relish getting to take some vacation from work, spend time with my family,… -
An Economics Fundamental: The Time Value of Money
Earlier in the week, I talked about how you need to spend your time and money wisely since both are valuable. That idea stems from a fundamental economic concept:… -
Five Takeaways from Illinois’ Same-Sex Marriage Law
So we didn’t beat Hawaii, but yesterday Illinois became the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Here are five takeaways from the new law: This was quite the battle: Even… -
Time is Money
I hate having to learn money lessons the hard way – meaning learning by making a mistake. But for me, I sometimes don’t understand the lesson fully until a blunder… -
Marriage Makeover: Same-Sex Couple Edition
While I’m providing roadmaps, I wanted to make sure that you same-sex couples out there can find the planning aspects that affect your relationship in one place. As I said… -
Five Foundational Elements of a Financial Plan
Now that I’ve finally discussed insurance planning, I have touched on all of the foundational elements of a comprehensive financial plan. And since I have scattered my choice of money… -
Thanks!
Happy Monday! I’ve heard from several readers recently, and I wanted to send a quick thank you for reading! It really excites me that people find this blog educational and… -
Renters Insurance: A fire study
In 2004, Ben and I lived in different cities – me in Boston for law school and him in New Jersey for work. He rented a pretty cool apartment on… -
Five types of insurance that you must have
Now I know I haven’t covered insurance yet, despite having over 30 posts. Please don’t take this neglect as me implying that you don’t need to care about insurance. In… -
Two key differences between spousal and domestic partner benefits
Speaking of gays and the workplace, Ben and I just reviewed our insurance benefits offered through his employer. Like many working couples, we had to decide whether we wanted to… -
What is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act?
With all of the marriage talk last week, I didn’t get a chance to mention another significant milestone for gay and lesbian couples that occurred. Last Thursday, the Senate passed… -
The Race to 15: Hawaii on its way to recognizing same-sex marriages (again)
Well, it looks like Illinois has some competition on becoming the 15th state to recognize same-sex marriages. On Friday, the Hawaii state House of Representatives approved a bill allowing gay… -
Paying off Student Loans: A Goal Study
I started off the week talking about living a balanced financial life and gave some practical steps on how to achieve that balance. Had it not been for the huge…