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#FA Success Ep 325: Building Success In The Financial Advice Business From A Financially Challenged Upbringing, With Brenda Hiscock

Nerd's Eye View

Brenda is a financial planner with Objective Financial Partners, an advice-only advisory firm based in Ontario, Canada, that works with clients on project-based financial plans, and also offers outsourced paraplanning to other Canadian advisory firms. My guest on today's podcast is Brenda Hiscock.

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4 Tips for Proper Tax Filing

Integrity Financial Planning

Next, let’s face it, not all of us are exceptional when it comes to math. Taxpayers should always confirm that their math is correct, as this is one of the most common mistakes made when filing. [1] It’s also not a bad idea to review the bank account numbers you included (some of those digits can be lengthy!).

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Sinking Funds: Why You Need Them. How To Set Up Yours!

Clever Girl Finance

A sinking fund helps you to plan for large purchases. With sinking funds, on the other hand, you can anticipate the upcoming expense and plan towards it. It also gives you the math formula to find the information you need if you prefer. The difference between a sinking fund and an emergency fund. Omni calculator. Absolutely!

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Worried about your future Social Security benefits? Fleshing out current concerns and common myths.

Yardley Wealth Management

Social Security Retirement Planning . Sure, if you have a diagnosis or medical condition where your doctor doesn’t think you are going to live very long, go ahead and take your benefits early. While there always seems to be a future funding shortfall for Social Security, it’s a political problem, not a math problem.

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Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Mr. Money Mustache

So I decided to take some action, by doing the math for myself using a spreadsheet. Most people don’t have the luck of perfect health, many have a larger family than I do, and very few people are in a financial position to self-insure for all possible medical bills. How could it be? It’s because of the incentives.

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8 Of The Best 6 Figure Jobs Without A College Degree

Clever Girl Finance

If you didn’t go to college (or plan not to), there are many careers you can pursue. Medical and health services manager Interested in becoming a medical health services manager? From there, you can start looking at making a business plan, gaining any funding you need, and also getting it off the ground.

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Blogs On A Plane: Special Bonds Are Blowed Up Edition

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The various plans available where I live are not cheaper despite having high deductibles, so we haven’t contributed for a while. Yeah, that sounds pretty good (giving them the benefit of the doubt about the math)… pretty good for an equity. The 30-year Treasuries would gain nearly 13% over 12 months with a 0.5-point