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    Slick TV ads often make financial planning and wealth management sound simple, but it’s usually not. Managing wealth requires knowing a lot about highly technical topics, like taxes, government regulations, and finance as well as history, psychology and how to communicate with loved ones about sensitive issues. This article highlights some of the knowledge needed to manage wealth and why it’s often so daunting without the help of an independent personal financial advisor who is familiar with your situation.

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  • Understanding The Federal Reserve Mandate To End Inflation

    The Federal Reserve System, the nation’s central bank, has a dual mandate to pursue maximum employment and maintain price stability. These two priorities are currently treated equally, but that was not always the case. In fact, the Fed’s bias toward maximizing employment was a critical driver of the stagflation that plagued the U.S. in the late 1960s and 1970s. Recognizing the need to balance price stability and maximum employment, in 1977, Congress revised the Federal Reserve Act.

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  • Fed Governor Kugler Details Inflation And Economic Outlook

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  • Why Rates May Not Be Cut Until June

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  • Practical Suggestions For Achieving Your 2024 Resolutions

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  • A Sign Of Progress In Solving U.S. Economic Problems

    The Federal Reserve appears to be pulling off a feat most experts did not believe it could: ending its aggressive inflation-fighting campaign of 11 interest rate hikes without tipping the U.S. economy into a recession.

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  • Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged; Expects Easing In 2024

    To promote transparency and free markets, the Federal Reserve System began publishing the opinions of the 19 U.S. central bankers that decide interest rate policy.

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  • Have You Logged Into Your Social Security Account?

    Have you logged in to your Social Security account? Creating an online account at SSA.gov is an important first step in understanding your retirement income situation. However, only about 60 million of the 160 million individuals in the U.S. labor force who have Social Security accounts have created a way to access the Social Security Administration’s website.

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  • The Great Fake Out Of 2023 Is Poised To Extend Into 2024

    All year long, the economy and stock prices have fooled experts and consumers, outperforming expectations month after month.

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  • Test Your Financial Planning IQ

    The five questions below are a challenge meant to allow you to assess your knowledge of investing, tax and financial planning. If you have been following our news stream, this quiz draws on familiar ground. The answers are below.

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