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A job move, liquidity event, bonus, or other personal change may be more relevant to your financial plan than the day's biggest headline.

The most powerful financial gifts aren't the ones that feel like gifts. They're the ones that teach the kid to do something real.

If your portfolio was built around your timeline and needs, the market reaching a record doesn't change the reason you built it.

Midterm elections are important for the country, but it's important to separate politics from investing.

Treasury yields have climbed to some of their highest levels in recent years.

Federal Student Loan Changes: A Timely Reminder for Younger Family Members Many of our clients are beyond the student loan stage personally, but this is still useful information to share with adult children, grandchildren, younger colleagues, and family friends. Federal student loan balances are most common among Millennials, younger Gen X borrowers, older Gen Z borrowers, and some parents who took out Parent PLUS loans. For anyone in your family still carrying federal studen

The U.S. and Iran have signed an early-stage agreement aimed at ending the four-month conflict that has weighed on the global economy. Markets responded well: stocks moved higher and oil prices dropped on the news. What does this mean for everyday investors? The agreement, a memorandum of understanding, reopens the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil and gas shipping. Both sides now have 60 days to negotiate a final deal. The news is encouraging, but key questions

After a stretch of historically strong returns, the latest bout of volatility was bound to turn some heads. The Nasdaq had its worst single-day drop in a year, down 4.2% on Friday, June 5, and the cause was a little counterintuitive: a strong jobs report. Good news for the economy, but it raised the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike before year-end. Layer in a brief flare-up of Middle East tensions, and you had enough uncertainty to rattle markets. None of this came out of

The Federal Reserve has become one of the most closely watched institutions in American financial life. From steering through the 2008 financial crisis to wrestling down the inflation surge of recent years, its decisions touch nearly everything — mortgage rates, savings yields, and your investment portfolio. So when leadership at the top changes, it's worth paying attention. It's also worth keeping things in perspective. Kevin Warsh has been confirmed by the Senate as the nex