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327- Quality Time Left (QTL): A Money Mindset Change
How long do we have to live? When will debilitating illness strike? Do you have a countdown clock that shows you when these life events...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 24, 20223 min read
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326- Dividing the Annuity Value Pie: There are Only 100 Cents in a Dollar
Today’s post is from an article I wrote for ThinkAdvisor and is part of the posts we have offered about annuity products. The...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 22, 20224 min read
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325- What if I Fail with Money?
In the FinancialVerse, your ability to manage money may fail, and you may run out of cash and be unable to pay your bills and living...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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324- Brief History of Annuities: A Centuries Old Tradition
In support of Annuity Awareness Month, we thought you might want a quick history of the product. What you will find is that annuities go...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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323- What is “Overfunded” Permanent Life Insurance?
By: Alan S. Lurty, Fellow of the Life Management Institute, Retirement Income Certified Professional, and Wealth Management Certified...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 10, 20223 min read
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322- Where to Find a Remote Job
COVID-19 challenged and changed the paradigm as to where people could work effectively, while at the same time improving the quality of...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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321- How Do Your Savings Compare to Others?
In the FinancialVerse, we talk about the need to save cash as part of your household emergency fund, retirement savings, college accounts...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 3, 20222 min read
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320- Why Buy Annuities? Annuity Awareness Month
June 1 marks the beginning of Annuity Awareness Month. Research has shown that consumers don’t fully understand how annuities can help...
Harry N. Stout
Jun 1, 20223 min read
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319- Ruthless Money – How to Fight Inflation
On May 11, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that inflation was 8.3% for the year ended March 31. This was the second...
Harry N. Stout
May 27, 20226 min read
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315- 9.62% Return on US Government Debt with Inflation Protection – Series I Bonds
This post is an update on a post we ran in December 2021 about Series I Bonds. The reason we are updating it is that the six-month...
Harry N. Stout
May 13, 20225 min read
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314- Three Fun Ways to Budget Your Money
Today’s post is from guest contributor David Timm. David is a writer and editor living in Omaha, Nebraska. He lives with his partner,...
Harry N. Stout
May 11, 20223 min read
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310- It’s Time to Rethink Retirement
We call it retirement. Today it is not. A new reality is apparent for millions of Americans. Most of us dream of the time when we finally...
Harry N. Stout
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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307- Have You Gotten a Retirement Readiness Check-up?
American retirement outcomes need improvement. Having $100,000 saved in a 401(k) is not going to cut it for your household. As we read...
Harry N. Stout
Apr 15, 20223 min read
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305- There is No Time Like the Present to Learn About Money
April is designated as Financial Literacy Month. With all that is happening in our economy today, I believe there is not a more important...
Harry N. Stout
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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304- Annuities: A North Star in Uncertain Times
Written by: Cary Carney, Vice President of Sales at Kuvare, Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company, a Kuvare company Rampant inflation,...
Harry N. Stout
Apr 6, 20223 min read
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299- The Misunderstood Cash Power of Annuities
One of the major objections voiced by consumers about annuities is that they can’t get cash out of the contracts if it is needed for...
Harry N. Stout
Mar 18, 20224 min read
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298- The Dirty Dozen Money Mistakes to Avoid
Have you ever made any big money mistakes? I know I have. In this post, I will share with you some of the biggest mistakes people are...
Harry N. Stout
Mar 16, 20224 min read
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297- Why You Need a Will
As a result of the pandemic, people are awakening to the need to protect their household against untimely and premature death. Life...
Harry N. Stout
Mar 11, 20226 min read
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296- Save Now, Live Well Later
The US’s consumer-led economy has been driven to success with a buy now and pay later mindset. About two-thirds of our economy comes from...
Harry N. Stout
Mar 9, 20225 min read
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295- Why You Might Need a Larger Emergency Fund
One financial lesson I hope we have all learned from the pandemic is that every household needs to have an emergency fund in place. In...
Harry N. Stout
Mar 4, 20224 min read
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