Category: Personal Finance
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7 Red Flags of a Shady Financial Advisor
News headlines of the past tell a cautionary tale of how critical it is to be careful in choosing your financial advisor. In this article series, we will explore 7…
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5 Habits of Savvy Investors-Part 1
Have you ever wondered how great investors think or what they’re doing that the rest of the world isn’t doing? What makes them tick? In this multi-part series, 5 Habits of…
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You Alone Are Accountable for Your Financial Situation
Since Snider Advisors opened its doors in September of 2002, we have operated on Six Guiding Principles. The first of those principles is that you alone are accountable for you…
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The Number One Job of Your Portfolio
In our continuation of the discussion of Snider Advisors’ Guiding Principles, we will examine the principle that the number one job of your portfolio is to produce a paycheck. ERISA…
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Investing is Not the Same Thing as Saving
A mistake far too many people make is to invest money they should be saving and save money that they should be investing. In our continuation of the discussion of…
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Texas Tomorrow: Understanding the Texas Tuition Promise Fund
Many times when we meet with clients, the topic of how to pay for their children’s college is on the forefront. There are really two main choices when deciding on a college…
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Filial Responsibility Laws: Your Parents Your Responsibility
UPDATED 2019: This article on Filial Responsibility Laws, which was originally published in 2012, continues to be one of our most popular posts. Please keep in mind that it is…
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Is running out of retirement money a fate worse than death?
Imagine this – the year is 2040. You are 80 years old, in reasonably good health, and you have just spent your last penny of retirement savings. You have no…
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Stock Market Slot Machine
I strongly recommend an excellent article to you, from the Psy-Fi blog, a regular on my daily reading list. The title of the article is B.F Skinner’s Stock Market Slot Machines:…
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Can You Have Too Much Home Equity?
This article on home equity was originally published in 2008, and continues to be one of our most popular posts. Please keep in mind that it is possible some of…