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Personal Finance
- Ensure Your Financial Future Is in Safe Hands
- April is Financial Literacy Month, so it's the perfect time to evaluate your personal financial plan and identify the areas where your strategy is doing well and where it may need some change. A strong personal financial plan is an important part...
- When Friends or Family Ask for Money
- How to Protect Your Relationships and Your Investment Shakespeare was onto something when he wrote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” Rather than trying to encourage the world to be tight-fisted with their cash, he was likely...
- Avoiding Scams When Disaster Strikes
- When Hurricane Sandy swept up the East Coast, it left billions of dollars of devastation in its wake. In the aftermath, as is the case with most disasters, many people came forward to help the victims. Unfortunately, heart-wrenching devastation...
- How To Stick To Your Financial Resolutions
- Are you having trouble keeping to your New Year's resolutions? Don't be alarmed if you are. Over the past five years, 43 percent of those who set finance-related New Year's resolutions fail to achieve them.
- Protect Your Financial Life from Disaster
- Would you be able to keep your financial life in order in the event of an emergency? Hurricane Sandy and other recent disasters underscore the importance of planning ahead. The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) offers...
- Do You Need a CPA
- When to Call an Expert and What You Need When You Do Most of the time filing your taxes isn’t a complicated process, but there are times when you may want to call in the cavalry to ensure that you meet all of your federal, state, and local...
- Smart Tips for Charitable Giving
- In addition to giving gifts and planning holiday get-togethers this season, many people are also making donations to worthy charities. While it is a worthy intent, it's important to do your charitable giving wisely. The Pennsylvania Institute of...
- Budget for the Holidays
- Smart Spending for the Season The countdown to the holiday season has officially begun, with decorations in the stores and gift catalogs filling mailboxes. A recent study by the Consumer Electronics Association shows that holiday shoppers plan to...
- Six Ways to Teach Kids about Sensible Spending
- Do you talk to your children about the value of money and the importance of wisely managing it? All parents hope that their children will grow up to be prudent spenders, yet few actually take the time to talk to them about how to accomplish this...
- Have You Had the (Financial) Talk With Your Kids?
- Back-to-School is a Great Time to Reinforce Smart Money Habits
It’s that time of year when we buy school supplies, clothes, and shoes that will fit our kids for about three months. All this spending can make it feel like money is flying...
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