The Weight of Inherited Money
Inheriting money usually comes with baggage. Only rarely do we inherit money from people who we didn’t know; most of the time we knew and often loved the person who passed away. This means that we often imbue the inheritance with much more weight than any other money...Talking to Kids About Money
A few weeks ago I posted two blogs about teenagers and money. It reminded me that I had written a similar article for a local wellness magazine seven years ago. My children were aged seven through twelve at the time. Here’s the original article: The one sentence I...Financial Literacy Life Lesson: Car-Buying
My fifteen-year old minivan bit the dust over the summer, so I reluctantly pulled out the vehicle research I’d done over the past few months (this was not an entirely unexpected event) and became a car shopper. I took advantage of the fact that my son was home from...Digging into an Imbalance of Power in Your Finances
I usually write about somewhat lighter topics – a podcast review or a blog about how to combine finances with a partner. Today I want to talk about a subject that alarms me, and I see it with some regularity: an imbalance of power regarding finances. I’m looking at...Overcoming a Common Money Stumbling Block
A few months ago I started to recognize a pattern that some of my clients were struggling with when I’d ask them to come up with a summary of their spending. It turns out that they’d hit an expense that could have fit into a couple of different categories, and then...Allison V. Bishop, CPA
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