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I bet you’ve never heard of Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB). It’s a rare disease where a person’s skin falls off! Areas that are often rubbed, like your elbow from sitting at a table or your thighs from wearing pants, become a constant battle. It’s painful, and patients suffer from f …
Continue Reading! Asking the Big Questions: What it Means to Pursue True Wealth
For my last milestone birthday, I received a great gift from my children. Every Monday for one year, I received an email with one question my children wanted me to answer. Very quickly it became a reminder of just how fast a week would pass; at times, I would have to write two or three afte …
Lessons from Dad and How You Can Find True Wealth in 5 Minutes
By Kevin Engbers, CFP®, Founder, Wealth Advisor I miss my mom and dad and I think of them almost every day. My dad passed away in 2015 and mom in 2020. (To answer the question that normally follows, my mother did not pass from the pandemic. However, she was in a nursing home, and I …
Traditional or Roth – Which IRA Works for You?
Many of us all but ignore our retirement accounts for much of our working lives. We look at a pay stub and have a vague sense of the “minuses:” Social Security, insurance, taxes. But the IRA is one of the most powerful retirement savings tools available to us, and so it warrants our attention.
10 Things the Bible Says About Money
By: Ryan Ovenden, Wealth Advisor It’s no secret that I am a Christian and that my focus in the financial advising sphere has centered around like-minded believers in Jesus Christ. Practically speaking, this mostly stems from my origins with Freedom Financial Counseling, Inc., where I coach …
The Cost of Infertility: How to Navigate the Finances of IVF
By Erin Wood, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Advanced Solutions After my struggle with pregnancy issues, I was surprised by how quickly I found out I wasn’t alone. Friends, relatives, coworkers – people I’d known for years – were suddenly sharing with me a vital but private p …
Rebate Checks, Child Tax Credits, Unemployment Benefits and More: What You Need to Know about the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package
The latest stimulus package – signed into law Thursday by the Biden Administration – is built to boost the middle class and low-income Americans, the goal being of course to speed up economic recovery.