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Emerging Financially Healthy After a Gray Divorce
Laura and Caroline are in their late 50s. Friends since meeting at a playgroup for their toddlers, both were in long-term, seemingly happy marriages.
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Employers, Its Time To Start Supporting Your Employees’ Financial Wellness
Every employer—at least every good one—cares about the wellbeing of their employees. Outside of the basic health insurance and 401(k)s, many companies also offer wellness programs to encourage fitness amongst their staff or even have an educational budget for employees to go back to school or participate in certificati
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Fed Rate cut set to lower small business borrowing costs
The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut interest rates is expected to bring financial relief to small businesses across the United States. This monetary policy shift will likely reduce borrowing costs for companies with variable-rate loans and those seeking new financing.
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Financial Health Checklist for Small Business Owners
At this point, many people are downright consumed with holiday shopping. And if you have a giant list of gifts to tackle, you may be resigning yourself to closing out the season with a pile of credit card debt.
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Financial Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Business
You may be gearing up to reopen your small business amidst the uncertain times COVID-19 produced. Nonetheless, as things return to a “new normal,” it’s a great time to take a moment or two to organize your business finances and ensure you’ll stay efficient after reopening. From combing through your budget, to reevaluat
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Getting Real About Interest Rates
Getting Real About Interest Rates Photo Credit: Shutterstock With the Fed’s rate hike announcement, naturally there’s been a lot of discussion about
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Hiring the next-gen employee
- The U. S. workforce is in the midst of an influx with 65 million workers from Generation Z beginning to look for jobs, according to BridgeWorks Consulting. This group of workers, born after 1997, do not remember a time without the internet and have grown up in a post-2008 recession era of financial responsibility, me
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How Advisors Keep Families From Feuding In Estate Planning Meetings
In popular culture, scheming family members often vie to inherit money from a rich relative. Tempers flare, fights break out and aggrieved plotters stew in anger. That level of drama rarely plays itself out in reality. Instead, advisors seek to bring families together to discuss estate planning in a calm, respectful ma
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How Consolidations are Affecting the Food & Beverage Industry
An interview with Michael Bromfield, SVP & Market Executive, First Midwest BankSource: First Midwest BankIn late 2019, Performance Food Group completed its $2 billion acquisition of Reinhart Foodservice, consolidating the largest foodservice distributors in the U. S. to five. Most recently, PFG announced its intention
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How Low Interest Rates Can Affect Retirement
Have recent interest rate cuts impacted retirement? The short answer is yes. Things can get complicated, but low interest rates do have long-term effects on the economy and could alter your retirement planning. Retirement Income One of the most obvious short-term effects to lower interest rates is a decrease in income