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The Cost of Liquidity
by Matthew King, CFA
January 20, 2012

Everything has a cost. As is often said, there’s no free lunch. How much easier are our lives thanks to inventions like smartphones and the internet? I hate to imagine my life without either; yet, each has its price—less privacy, less alone time, and information...

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Off Balance, On Purpose
by Jim Bell, CFP®, President and Founder
January 19, 2012

I read a lot of investment and financial planning literature, and I brightened up in November when I read a brief summary of Dan Thurmon’s new book, Off Balance On Purpose— Embrace Uncertainty and Create a Life You Love...

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Is It All About Balance? Or Something Else?
by Bonnie Bell, Principal, Director, Career & Life Coaching
January 18, 2012

My problem with the ubiquitous balance conversation, especially around New Year’s resolution-making time, is that it never really goes anywhere. It’s too simplistic. Most often the premise of the common resolution to be more balanced is that we are all stressed-out from working too hard, and, therefore, we must resolve to. . .

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A Cure for What Doesn’t Ail Us
by Matthew King, CFA
October 10, 2011

Dr. Bernanke . . . and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve are being asked to treat an economic malady for which they lack the necessary tools to fix.

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