Top Tips to combat Inflation in your budget 🧾
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Top Tips to combat Inflation in your budget 🧾

Inflation! 😱 The news outlets are shouting that at every opportunity. The CPI (consumer price index) un-adjusted 12 months ending in June 2022, was 9.1%. (source: BLS.gov) This is the highest CPI we’ve seen for 4 decades. So I decided to dive into the figures, to determine some of the KEY drivers of that 9.1%, and see if there are any substitutions or changes to make to spending habits to strive for a lower (personal) inflation rate.

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Do you know how to Invest with your Values 🌿?
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Do you know how to Invest with your Values 🌿?

Did you know, that not only can you LIVE according to the values that are important to you, but you can also INVEST according to those values?

This is what ESG 🌿 investing is all about – investing your hard-earned assets 💵 according to your values, so that your money can also support the companies that serve their customers in harmony with how you would want to be treated yourself.

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I’m a small business owner, do I need additional liability insurance?
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I’m a small business owner, do I need additional liability insurance?

I’m a small business. Do I need additional business coverage and/or business liability insurance? How do I know what I may need? Where do I start? Read on for the 6 types of business insurance to consider, and how to acquire the correct type of business insurance and liability coverage.

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Year-end Financial Moves to Consider + What I’m Thankful for
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Year-end Financial Moves to Consider + What I’m Thankful for

Check out our year-end financial strategies to consider, learn some quick money-saving tips, and read what we’re thankful for this year. Should you potentially consider a Roth IRA conversion, or a Qualified Charitable Distribution? Did you know you can use HSA and FSA funds to purchase menstruation supplies this year?

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Do you have a digital financial life money organizer? Well, you should.
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Do you have a digital financial life money organizer? Well, you should.

Do YOU have a DIGITAL FINANCIAL LIFE MONEY ORGANIZER? I developed a financial “Grab and Go” – a tool that helps clients collect and organize the financial documents you should bring with you in the event you had to leave your home suddenly. Today, my clients are using a digital version of their financial life money organizer. I have a process and tools that help my clients aggregate their accounts and important policies and documents into one, secure, online portal – which can be accessed from anywhere – at any time.

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Financial planning through the decades

Financial planning through the decades

What is the secret sauce to financial planning through the decades? Read on as Catherine Valega, Financial Advisor and partner to her clients help clients from ages 20 - 80. We help you in each stage of your life with budgeting, student loan debt, benefits, insurance, investments, retirement planning and beyond.

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Partnering with widows
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Partnering with widows

If you are a widow, and do not feel financially secure, we need to talk. Many women say

that the loss of their spouse is the most traumatic event they have experienced in their

life, and I’d like to help guide you and support you during this next chapter of your life.

As a financial planner, we often share with our clients the 4 stages of transition

when dealing with the loss of a loved one. We partner with you, and empower you to survive with grace, and look forward to the next chapter in your life.

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Why financial planning is like trail-running
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Why financial planning is like trail-running

Why trail running and racing is a great metaphor for financial planning. I’m your partner in creating your GPS for your financial life - cheering you on and hugging you when you accomplish your goals!

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