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Couples, Take the Financial Compatibility Quiz
Fidelity offers a 9-question financial compatibility quiz to help you see how in-tune you and your partner are when it comes to your finances. The quiz starts by asking you for your gender and age,...
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Want a Few Guarantees in Life? Get an Annuity!
Annuities offer guaranteed income for life! Image by Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Most things in life come without a guarantee. Warranties expire, parts break, and companies go out of...
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What’s So Fixed about a Fixed Annuity?
With a fixed annuity, your money grows risk-free. Image by creativedoxphoto / FreeDigitalPhotos.net. There are several different types of annuities, with names like “fixed,” “variable,” “deferred,”...
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Is Caring for Elderly Family Members Hurting Your Retirement Account?
Caretakers' lost wages can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Image by Ambro, courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net. As in-home care becomes increasingly popular and more adults are finding...
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Financial Planning Basics: What Is an Annuity?
New to financial planning? Find out what annuities have to offer. We’re guessing many of you made New Year’s Resolutions that have to do with money and financial planning. Annuities are a great place...
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Don’t Pull Money from Your Retirement Account: Try an Annuity Instead
With so many of us searching for ways to stay financially solvent during retirement, it’s a good idea to understand why diverting money from your retirement fund before retirement is a bad idea. Yes,...
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4 Retirement Expenses (and How to Reduce Them)
Want to spend more time on the green? Pay for those rounds by saving on expenses like housing, transportation, and food. If you’re getting ready to retire, financial security is an important issue not...
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Are You Taking a Casual Approach to Your Finances?
The results of a recent study from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance reveal that nearly half of Americans say they take a casual approach to their financial planning. Are you one of them? In addition,...
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Want Tax-Free Retirement Income? It Starts with Life Insurance
Are you one of the lucky ones who got a tax refund this year? If you did, congratulations! But if you didn’t, you’re probably feeling a little anxious about having to write that check to the Franchise...
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Annuities: Your Retirement Solution
Annuities are a financial planning tool that can help make sure you don’t run out of money during retirement. That’s an extremely simplified annuity definition. Why did we start so simple? Because...
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