Two incomes may not be better than one

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Or, why some well-educated feminists stay home. [The messy truth about gender roles in my family.] When my husband made partner at his law firm in 2009, they hosted a small but sweet dinner for him, along with the other new partners and their spouses.  I had been a stay-at-home mom for a few months […]

Surprised by your tax return?

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2018 was Year 1 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in 2017, so we are just now seeing the results for families as they begin to file their tax returns.  Here are a few of the biggest factors we have seen in our financial planning clients being surprised by the effect […]

More money, less time?

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I don’t know anyone who has more money than they know what to do with.  I know those people exist. I do know plenty of people who have enough money to do what they want to do.  That is our job—helping people figure out how to do the things that are most important to them […]