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Understanding Social Security

Approximately 71 million people today receive some form of Social Security benefits, including retirement, disability, survivor, and family benefits. (1)

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Why Family Businesses Should Have Succession Plans

In recent years, the family drama surrounding an aging media mogul — and his unresolved succession plans — have been at the center of a hit television show.

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Beware of These Life Insurance Beneficiary Mistakes

Life insurance has long been recognized as a useful way to provide for your heirs and loved ones when you die. While naming your policy’s beneficiaries should be a relatively simple task

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Braving the Housing Market? An Assumable Mortgage Might Be the Solution

This past year, the housing market has experienced a perfect storm, with high interest rates and inflation resulting in reduced purchasing power for homebuyers.

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Can Productivity Keep Driving the U.S. Economy?

Productivity of U.S. workers increased by 2.7% in 2023 — well above the average annual rate of 2.1% since the end of World War II, and a dramatic change from 2022, when productivity dropped by 2.0%.

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