With fixed income yields near zero for the past two years, there has been little incentive to lock in rates on CDs and bonds, but rates they-are-a-rising!
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Why we have stopped contacting clients to schedule financial planning reviews. (Yes, we still love you)
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The stock market is decidedly not an ephemeral concept, and you don’t need tea leaves or tarot cards, or even an algorithm to invest successfully.
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Q. How should we react to the stock market's decline? - A. Far better to plan for declines before they happen than to react to them when they occur.
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The steady decline in interest rates over the last 40 years has produced an almost uninterrupted bull market in bonds. Unfortunately for investors, the gravy
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A nightmare - Your 18-year old child has been in an accident and your access to information and ability to participate in medical decisions is restricted...
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At Financial Planning Hawaii we take maintaining client data security very seriously...Yet for all money and effort we expend.
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Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the new FAFSA will have 2/3 fewer questions. What's not to love about simplification?
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The U.S. Treasury is paying 7.12% annualized on Series I Savings Bonds for the six-month period ending in May 2022. So, what's the catch?
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2022 Tax Rule Changes - Mostly minor, but definitely one notable one for small business owners.
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Kaka'ako does not show up in many Hawaii travel guides but it is one of the coolest places to hang out in Honolulu.
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For most of the past 40 years, investors in intermediate and long-term bonds and bond mutual funds have profited as falling interest rates pushed the values of
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