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Operation Twist Meets the Greek Debt Crisis
by James Copenhaver, Director of Investment Management
 Last week the Federal Reserve adopted an unusual policy that it has used only once before, in the early 1960s. Between now and the end of June 2012, it will sell $400 billion in short-term Treasury bonds and buy the same amount in long-term Treasury bonds. What does the Fed hope to gain?
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IRA Beneficiaries Beware
by Ryan McKeown CPA, CFP®, Vice President, Financial Advisor
 Are you a primary or contingent beneficiary of an IRA or other tax-deferred retirement account, such as a 401(k) or 403(b)? More than likely you are—through a spouse, parent, sibling, or perhaps an aunt or uncle. If the account holder of that IRA, 401(k), or other plan dies, you now have the great responsibility of ensuring the funds don't get taxed faster than necessary.
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Macroeconomic Policy and Personal Finance
by Craig Swanson, Senior Asset Manager
 National fiscal and monetary policy decisions do not affect everyone, and their financial planning decisions the same way. Although it may frustrate you, a change in the marginal tax brackets may have little to no effect on your actual spending. But this same change may prompt your neighbor to seek out ways to be more tax-efficient so as to offset the higher tax rate, or even go so far as to work fewer hours during the year due to the relative high opportunity cost of working that extra hour for less take-home pay.
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The Economics of Finance
by Kate Maier, JD Financial Planner
 The name may sound intimidating, but it nicely sums up the responsibility you have over your own financial future. Most people consider finance to be either boring or endlessly confusing, but as tempting as it may be to avoid it entirely, finance affects us all. Because of this it is important to be familiar with the basics of finance so that you can effectively run the small economy that is your household.
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September is Life Insurance Awareness Month
by Mark Ledson, Vice President, Team Development, Risk Management Specialist, CFP®, CRPC, CLTC®
 Far too often, insurance is sold based on statistics and loaded questions designed to create the emotions of anxiety, guilt and fear. The problem is that when people give you a statistic on the probability of how often a peril like a premature death is going to happen, it is our natural tendency to think to ourselves, who is it going to happen to? It is not going to happen to me. It is going to happen to someone else!
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Necessities or Luxuries
by Bruce Helmer, Cofounder of Wealth Enhancement Group, Financial Advisor and host of the "Your Money" radio program
 Most spending falls into two simple categories: necessities and luxuries. Almost every dollar you spend could be divided in that way. The challenge of dividing our spending in such a way, however, is made more difficult because of the simple fact that most of us are not now and never have been in dire need.
Still, a "necessities versus luxuries" spending breakdown is useful for anyone trying to organize their finances and use their money efficiently.
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