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A Different Way to Invest in Our Tumultuous World
/in Family Wealth, Investing, Retirement/by Sharon Allen, CFP®,CTFAEveryone loves a good story. It’s what keeps you hooked watching a movie or reading a book…it’s also what keeps investors committed to poor investment solutions. Investors like a good story that keeps them engaged, and that story usually involves a savvy manager. But there is a different narrative—written by financial scientists. Now, academic finance […]
Recession-Proof Your Retirement Portfolio
/in Investing, News, Retirement/by Sharon Allen, CFP®,CTFAMoney Magazine interview on recession-proofing your portfolio
Raising Financially Sound Kids
/in Communication, Family Wealth, Women/by Sharon Allen, CFP®,CTFAThe vast majority of children are destined for a financial future that differs little from that of their parents. Research has found that the financial future of younger generations can sometimes even be worse due to a combination of societal influence and last of intentional “fiscal training”. You can change that.
The Boomerang Generation – Planning for the Unplanned
/in Family Wealth, Women/by Sharon Allen, CFP®,CTFANearly double the number of 25- to 35- year-old Millennials were living with their parents in 2016 than their Silent Generation counterparts in 1964.1 In fact, the percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds living in their parents’ home grew from 26.0% in 2005 to 34.1% only ten years later. Of this group, 1 in 4 are […]
Savings and Your Mental Health
/in Family Wealth, Health/by Sharon Allen, CFP®,CTFASavings. Believe it or not, there are certainly many tangible benefits to saving money. In fact, being able to purchase the things that you want or need (now or in the future) is probably the number one reason that we save. But what if the intangible benefits of saving money may actually be more important […]