Author: Jane Mepham, CFP®

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Gift Giving Stress: How to Deal With it

We stress a lot about gift-giving during the holidays. It’s especially more noticeable between couples. It turns out, there is a perfectly logical reason for this – Money Scripts. It’s all about how we grew up, what we learned about money and the experiences that contributed to our money scripts. Understanding this can go a long way in helping us manage this stress.

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Maximizing Brokerage Accounts for Foreign-Born Families

In this post, I discuss why a taxable brokerage account should be a part of your investment/saving strategy. By the end of the post, you’ll know the answer to questions like – what is it, what are some of the benefits of the account, things to watch out for with the account. Finally I discuss the special use case for foreign-born nationals.

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4 Tax Pitfalls to Avoid with Overseas Assets

My first post on retirement daily discusses tax issues to be aware of, if you own any type of non-US financial assets. The focus is on keeping the taxman happy, saving yourself some money and future stress if you have non-US financial ties.

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A New Method for Choosing the Right College

College tuition is going up, Student debt continues to increase, this is not sustainable without a major policy shift. One way to combat this, is to rethink our approach and have a major mental shift in how select the colleges our students attend.

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