Had the pleasure of attending The Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting last Friday. I attended two excellent courses: Reeling into the Now: Conquer Instagram by Minal Sampat and Benchmarks, Barriers, and Breakthroughs: Behind the Scenes Strategies for a Successful Hygiene...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has a history of raising short-term interest rates until something “breaks.” Considering the Fed has raised rates from a near-zero level to 4.75% (upper bound) over the course of only one year…

Given the news of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week, I thought it good to review how the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insurance works to protect your bank accounts. FDIC insurance applies to accounts held at FDIC-insured banks only....

One of the main goals we are asked to calculate for our financial coaching clients is: “How much do I need to save to be able to retire?” This calculation has many moving parts but I thought today we could give you a chart with some general rules of thumb…

A health savings account (HSA) may be the best tax benefitable tool you can use. Maximizing an HSA for health care expenses: Health Savings Accounts are triple-tax free, so if eligible to contribute, make the most of it…

During the recent bull market, investors had to get one thing right: Recognize that leading U.S. internet companies with strong growth potential could generate the greatest returns…

A few weeks ago we mentioned the recently enacted tax bill called the Securing a Strong Retirement Act 2022, otherwise known as “SECURE 2.0 Act.” or “SECURE Act 2.0”. It addresses many beneficial changes as we all plan for our retirements…

Reading this weekend’s WSJ, I came across an article about “ Amateur Investors ” (WSJ Subscription needed). What I discovered was these “investors” were actually speculators (some may call them gamblers).

Last week, Marketing Director Theresa received the text message above. Problem was – it wasn’t me! This was likely an attempt at spear-phishing (click link for info on spearfishing).The culprit likely got our info from either our website or from LinkedIn – these...

With a still-tight labor market and expectations for rising real income in the coming months, it’s not clear the economy is headed towards recession just yet.