Author - Eve Kaplan, CFP® Professional

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Market Volatility Déjà Vu
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The Ten Commandments for Strong Financial Health
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Smart Ways To Handle A Highly Appreciated Investment
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Don’t Make These Investment Mistakes!
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(Financial) Things To Do Before You Die

Market Volatility Déjà Vu

By Eve Kaplan, CFP® Every time markets go haywire, it’s worth remembering that volatility is the “the price of admission” to hold something (usually stocks) that outpace inflation and deliver good returns over the long-term. The key point here is delivering good returns over the l-o-n-g   t-e-r-m. Do investors know when stocks are going to […]

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The Ten Commandments for Strong Financial Health

Here are the Ten Commandments for achieving strong financial health. The Ten Commandments: KNOW HOW IS YOUR ADVISOR IS PAID. It really does matter because the quality and kind of advice you receive is a result of how your advisor is paid. The best model for receiving investment and financial planning advice is the Fee-Only […]

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Smart Ways To Handle A Highly Appreciated Investment

Let’s say you’re the lucky owner of a highly appreciated investment (stock, mutual fund) you’ve held for at least a year. What’s the best way to sell it? Or should you donate it? Here are several choices facing an early investor in Apple shares that I’ll call “Meg.” Apple shares are valued at 246 per […]

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Don’t Make These Investment Mistakes!

By Eve Kaplan, Certified Financial Planner™ The investment world is a confusing, opinionated and noisy place. Here are 2 classic investment mistakes that are very common: 1) trying to time markets and 2) stock-picking your way to investment success. Mistake One: Thinking You Can Time Markets (And Do Better Than the Average Investor) Markets are […]

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(Financial) Things To Do Before You Die

By Eve Kaplan, CFP® Unless you have a terminal illness you probably do NOT know when you will die. Accordingly, these tips are geared toward all individuals who hold investments, insurance, pensions and/or real estate and who want to pass these to a surviving spouse or other family members. Some of these steps may seem […]

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