Income and Asset Protection

Equifax Claim – Save Money

By madwire / July 25, 2019

Usually, online offers that “could save you hundreds in just 10 minutes” are bogus and are just clickbait to direct you to a different website. However, today the FTC enforcement agency opened a portal to the general public to begin processing claims related to the data leak from Equifax in 2017. The breach affected 143…

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Fiduciary or Advisor: One, the Other, or Both

By madwire / July 21, 2018

Starting off … After I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master’s degree in Accounting, I began my career at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. During that time, I was approached by a number of financial advisors from large asset management companies who wanted to offer me assistance in retirement planning. Although…

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Mother Knows Best (Happy Mother’s Day)

By madwire / May 15, 2016

My journey into high school learning almost ended before it began. One afternoon during the first week of class, after a rigorous couple hours playing soccer, I fell violently ill with what I thought was a flu bug. I could not keep any food or beverage down and I felt miserable. After a day or two…

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How to Make Financial Decisions with Your Partner

By madwire / November 30, 2015

Do you ever feel as though you’re not communicating well with your partner? Do you wonder whether they heard what you said? Whether they understood a point you made? Maybe even whether you’re speaking a different language? Most everyone feels this way at some time or other. I know I do. For example, my wife…

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What I Am Reading

By madwire / October 14, 2015

Keeping Things Simple and Tuning out Folly (Farnam Street) To Get a Job in Your 50s, Maintain Friendships in Your 40s (New York Times) Beneath Chicago’s Gloss (City Journal) The Middle-Class Squeeze (Wall Street Journal) Pete Sampras Letter to My Younger Self (The Players Tribune) Poor People Are Getting Terrible Investment Advice (Quartz) Tax Planning…

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