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JOHN N. VREEBURG, CFP®

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6 Questions to Ask Yourself When Building a Budget

Have you taken the time to create a personal budget? If not, you are not alone: A Gallup poll1 indicates that only about one in three Americans prepares a detailed household budget. But as you begin to travel the road toward financial success, you will find that goals are easier to reach when you start with a map.
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Embracing Volatility

If I were a business journalist, this is the type of market environment that would make me the most excited to come to work each day. Just four weeks ago, a headline from Reuters read “Rising rents, healthcare costs boost underlying U.S. inflation”. I am not sure if any of our clients read the article?—?I know I did not. Sure, the headline gets the job done, but it is likely that, no matter how good the headline, the dull subject matter is not going to elicit much
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Leaving Your Job? Should Your Retirement Plan Follow?

Life is filled with stress, and both financial and emotional change in the workplace and at home ? expected or not ? can certainly increase your anxiety level. According to the American Psychological Association’s annual Stress in America™ survey, money and work remain the two most commonly reported sources of stress, and losing or changing a job can be found at the top of any “life’s biggest stressors” list.
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