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Submitted by COLLIN MASCAGNI, MASCAGNI WEALTH MANAGEMENT          I remember sitting in a stadium-sized classroom at The University of Alabama in the summer of 2003 and hearing my...
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MONEY MATTERS — 5 financial lessons from 2020 and the upcoming election

By CAROLYN MCLEMORE, CRPCÂź, and KURT VANDE STREEK   5 financial lessons from 2020 and the upcoming election        We are just a month away from the 2020 presidential election in what has...
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MONEY MATTERS — Are you financially literate?

By CAROLYN MCLEMORE, CRPCÂź, and KURT VANDE STREEK   Are you financially literate?   There are events throughout history that are so significant, they serve to remind us how fragile life...
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MONEY MATTERS — 7 habits that will improve your financial health

By CAROLYN MCLEMORE, CRPCÂź, and KURT VANDE STREEK   7 habits that will improve your financial health        Be honest — how well are you sticking to your New Year’s...
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MONEY MATTERS—New Tax Benefits to Help You Pay for Your Child’s K12 Tuition

By Lynn Fitch   New Tax Benefits to Help You Pay for Your Child’s K12 Tuition   Good news! A little-noticed provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by President Trump in December can...
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MONEY MATTERS—The Risk Conundrum

By Randy Mascagni, MBA, CFP It’s the same old dilemma. Take too much risk with your investments in the hope of higher earnings and you could wind up with less money than you had when you started...
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MONEY MATTERS—LIVING SERVICES PROVIDES DAILY MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR SENIORS

LIVING SERVICES PROVIDES DAILY MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR SENIORS   MCL: How did Living Services begin? Sonya Rohrman: Living Services began in my home in 1987. I was working for an accounting firm,...
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MONEY MATTERS—Social Security Maximization—Say What?

By SCOTT T. MARSHALL, CPA, CFPÂź About two years ago, I had a financial planning review meeting with clients who were married. They both had long work histories with good incomes (i.e. they had more...
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MONEY MATTERS—Making the Most of Your Social Security Benefits

By MICHAEL P. DENNY, CPA, CFP Recently, I read an article that stated most couples spend more time planning their next vacation than they spend planning how to take their Social Security...
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MONEY MATTERS—Monthly Budgeting and Good Stewardship

By Jonathan M. Davis, AIF¼ “A man is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.” I’ll credit “Ben-Hur” author, Lew Wallace, with that statement. Regardless of our exact...
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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

by | May 4, 2022

By KATIE EUBANKS          Author and Jackson native Susan Cushman will release her eighth book, “Pilgrim Interrupted” — a memoir in the form of an essay collection encompassing faith, mental health and more — on June 7. She will be at Lemuria Books in Jackson for a signing on June 11....