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Reducing Your Spending on Food and the Art of the Possible

Sep 14th, 2021 • Lisa W.

Otto von Bismarck was the first leader of a unified Germany in 1871, but you may know him as the originator of the phrase “The art of the possible.” Which, quite obviously, has everything to do with reducing your spending on food… Let’s step back a bit. When you are trying to find margin in … more »

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 3

Aug 26th, 2021 • Lisa W.

In Part One, we reviewed some options for accessing a sum of money in fairly short order. What about somewhat more lasting solutions? If you have arrived at a crisis moment, once the immediate panic has passed you need a strategy to get back to what feels like normal to you…perhaps a “new normal.” It … more »

How exactly do bonds work?

Aug 25th, 2021 • Lisa W.

If you are an investor — and if you have a retirement account, you are! — there is a pretty good chance that your money is invested in a mix of stocks and bonds. Likely you are pretty comfortable with the basic mechanics of what a stock is; a share is a small ownership piece … more »

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 2

Aug 10th, 2021 • Lisa W.

This is the second part of the “financial triage” series. In Part 1, we ran through some options for raising money in a short amount of time. In order to preserve your residence or your employment or to protect your flexibility for the future, your financial triage approach is to raise funds. But it may … more »

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Reducing Your Spending on Food and the Art of the Possible

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 3

How exactly do bonds work?

Triaging Your Financial Crisis, Part 2

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