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  • A Good Run, But…

    A Good Run, But…

    At 90 years old you might say Lee Corso has enjoyed a pretty good life. The son of Italian immigrants, his father fled Europe for the US during the first world war. Corso was born in Chicago and lived there until his family moved to Miami when he was 10, partly due to the weather, partly due to Al Capone living nearby! Playing football and baseball in high school, Corso was offered $5000 (big money in the 1950’s) to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, but his father pointed him towards college because his parents barely had an education.…

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  • The Festive Season brings Families Together

    The Festive Season brings Families Together

    When your family gathers over the festive season, it might present an opportunity to start planning for future care needs. Christmas is a time for families and the New Year is for resolutions. This year, combine the two by making a resolution to pay more attention to how your older parents are coping and start family conversations to develop a plan for future care and support. You may have been busy through the year and not noticed the small things. But how well parents are coping may become more obvious when you have time to catch up with family over…

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  • How Much Do I Need To Retire?

    How Much Do I Need To Retire?

    It’s one of the most vexing finance questions there is. While it seems like a straightforward one, it’s really a question that only invites further questions. Not about the money, but about the person or persons who are retiring. There will never be a one-size-fits-all pot of money. Primarily because of how many different variables come into play. What do you want to spend? Will your spending change? What your returns will be? What is the sequence of those returns and how volatile will your portfolio be? The first two questions are the most controllable. Everyone will have fixed costs…

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