The frequency and efficacy of scammers has increased over the years. A report from the FBI says that losses to cybercrime activities is up nearly 200% since 2020.[1] And with the improvements in artificial intelligence, we can expect scamming will only get more devious and lucrative in the years to come. Education, intelligence, and success […]
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Tis the season of gratitude! Thanksgiving is perhaps one of the most underappreciated holidays, but most needed. Given the contentious and divisive election season we have endured, and the possibility that the winner is not what you wanted, it may be difficult to be thankful. But it’s worth the effort because gratitude results in greater
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As part of the Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2021, many businesses, including LLCs and real estate holding entities, are now required to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Who Needs to File? FinCEN estimates that approximately 32 million entities, including the most commonly held businesses, LLCs, which are
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The Quarterly Market Review is now available. This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond assets classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios
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Most of us know that we should be monitoring our credit, but life gets busy, and that task often falls to the end of our to-do list. However, with the recent breach involving Social Security numbers being exposed on the dark web, this is something that needs to be prioritized. What Happened According to USA
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Investors have many different financial news outlets across various media channels to select from to get their desired news. Most investors want to be informed – and information is usually good, but it depends on what it is informing you of. How do you discern between financial resources that are beneficial for you and those
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Have you noticed that the media tends to have a negative bias to the things they report? Every now and then there is a positive story, but it appears that the vast majority of headlines and stories are negative in nature. There is a reason for this. The Media’s Goal We could surmise that the
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Last month’s global Windows outage, which took many businesses offline, is a great reminder of how sensitive computing and the cloud can be. You would think that something that prevented people from corresponding via email and incapacitated Delta Airlines for days would be a malicious virus. But that was not the case. This was simply
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The Quarterly Market Review is now available. This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond assets classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios
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I am so grateful to live in a free nation. I am so grateful for the freedom and right to pursue happiness, as established in the Declaration of Independence. Thanks be to many unselfish individuals that sacrificed much, even their own lives, so we can enjoy these freedoms today. These freedoms don’t guarantee desirable outcomes,
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