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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (January 25–26)

Nerd's Eye View

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Government Spending Is Out of Control! LOL

The Big Picture

The text accompanying that chart reads: “ Consumption: in 2024, one third of GDP came from government spending, a record high excluding periods of war or crisis; this was financed by 6-7% budget deficits, another unwelcome peacetime record.” Total expenditures exclude consumption of fixed capital (CFC), which is a noncash charge.

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Financial Planning For Freelancers: 8 Tips To Budget And Save

Clever Girl Finance

Create a realistic budget 2. Without a steady paycheck or employer benefits, youre responsible for your own budgeting, savings, and future planning. Create a realistic budget Budgeting isnt just for nine-to-fiversits the lifeline of freelancers. Table of contents Why financial planning for freelancers is crucial 1.

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Personal finance links: psychological benefits

Abnormal Returns

(financialducksinarow.com) Home ownership Alina Fisch, "A home is a bittersweet tangle of realities: your private sanctuary, a way to belong to a community, a place to make memories and express your personality, a financial asset you can leave to your heirs.but also a potential albatross of costs, hassle, and risk."

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Research links: simple corporate events

Abnormal Returns

Asset pricing The CAPM doesn't work. kitces.com) How budget deficits affect Treasury yields. Maybe this measure does. klementoninvesting.substack.com) Brown stocks outperform green stocks. alphaarchitect.com) Hedge funds Replicating multi-strategy hedge fund returns is kind of a waste. alphaarchitect.com)

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What Is The 70-20-10 Budget?

Clever Girl Finance

If you don’t feel like you truly have a strong handle on your finances, one possible cause for that is using a budgeting method that doesn’t work. While not everyone needs a to-the-penny balanced budget, some type of budgeting strategy or template is really important if you want to know where your money is going month after month.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (April 20-21)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that CFP Board announced that it has crossed the milestone of 100,000 CFP professionals in the United States, and despite having just celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, just set a record high in the number of advisors sitting (..)