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Category Archives: Charitable giving
Can Financial Planning Keep You From Sinning?
“She’s really writing that? Who does she think she is?!” I am a financial planner who is trying to make the world a better place, that’s who I am. And for the world to be a better place, we all … Continue reading
What a Personal Financial Policy is & How it Makes Your Life Better
Most of economic theory is based on the assumption that we make rational, logical, and beneficial financial decisions. Ha! Most of us make purely emotional (or “socially informed”) decisions about money most of the time, some of which may be … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Charitable giving, College, Faith & Finances, Goals, Insurance, Investing, Living the life of your dreams, Marriage and Money, Money & Spirituality, Money in relationships, Personal Finance with a twist, Psychology of Money, Retirement, Saving, Tackling debt
Tagged financial policies, how to make financial decisions, taking the emotion out of money
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(Almost) Quarterly Newsletter ~ July 2014
Happy summer! This photo was taken at Burchfield Nature Park in West Seneca. Thanks to so many of you as clients, referral sources, colleagues, family members, friends and part of my “inspiration dream team,” Lauber Financial Planning is now 4 years old! People … Continue reading
Thank you India – A Series Of Observations #1 Cookies, Turbulence and the Meaning of Hope
India is a place of contrasts, all interwoven by the blessed threads of life. There is extreme poverty (but never despair, that I noticed), a surrender to the Divine in all aspects of life, and beauty beyond description. Seventeen of us … Continue reading
PTO Fundraising and Why We Hate Taxes
We don’t like sending money into a black hole. This is what sometimes happens with various fundraising contributions and what seems to always happen with our income taxes. We don’t know how our hard-earned money is being spent and, furthermore, … Continue reading
Financial Anorexia
You surely have heard the phrase, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” I frequently refer to money in food terms (I.e. diversification is like having a balanced diet) and this morning, while thinking about the power of … Continue reading
Less Stuff, The Working Poor and Compassion
I received a phone call from someone I know the other day, pleading for financial advice. Both parents are working full-time, they have children, one with special needs, their mortgage in under water, they’ve maxed their credit cards (don’t judge, they’ve … Continue reading
How to Get out of a Variable Annuity Virtually Unscathed
Apparently I’ve ruffled some feathers in my industry because of my disdain for variable annuities. It’s not going to deter me, though. Too many times I’ve created financial plans for clients only to have their plans thwarted because they’re handcuffed … Continue reading
Giving
Tis the season to give. The problem is, we can feel like we’re giving too much at one time, and we can become cranky and resentful – losing the joy that typically comes with giving. The holiday season prompts us … Continue reading
LIFE: Live Inspired, Financially Empowered 