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Alan Levine | Dec 7, 2025

One Economy, Two Realities: Understanding Today's Economic Divide

Finance
Investments
Savings
Credit
Risk Management
Retirement

It’s possible for one economy to tell two different stories. One of growth, opportunity, and abundance. Another of constraint, anxiety, and scarcity.

This isn't

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Alan Levine | Nov 7, 2025

What Recent Inflation Signals Mean for Financial Planning

Finance
Savings
Investments
Retirement
Tax Planning
Credit
Risk Management

Inflation has been the boogeyman of the economy for months.

Sticky prices. Rising gas costs. A looming rate hike.

The latest report provided useful data for

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Alan Levine | Oct 7, 2025

Overlooked Retirement Expenses (And How to Plan for Them)

Retirement
Finance
Health
Tax Planning
Family
Real Estate

A comfortable retirement doesn’t come with a fixed price tag.

Expenses can change over time, and some of the most important ones are easy to overlook.

That’s one

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Alan Levine | Sep 7, 2025

Why Your Brain Sabotages Your Investment Plan (No Matter What the Market Does)

Investments
Finance
Savings
Risk Management

The Dow crosses 45,000. Your brain whispers: "This has to be the top."

The market drops 15%. Your brain screams: "Get out before it gets worse!"

Different

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Alan Levine | Aug 7, 2025

Why Patience Beats Perfection: The Long-Term Investor's Guide to Market Timing

Finance
Investments

Over the course of your investing life, you’ll encounter market lows and highs. Headlines often spotlight the extremes, especially when markets reach record

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Alan Levine | Jul 7, 2025

The New Face of Fraud: How AI Is Changing the Scam Game

Technology

Technology has changed nearly everything about the way we live, work, and connect including how scammers operate.

Once upon a time, scams came in the form of

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Alan Levine | Jun 7, 2025

The New Face of Fraud: How AI Is Changing the Scam Game

Technology

Technology has changed nearly everything about the way we live, work, and connect including how scammers operate.

Once upon a time, scams came in the form of

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Alan Levine | May 7, 2025

5 Time-Tested Investment Strategies to Match Your Financial Mindset

Investments

What makes one investor stick with their strategy through market swings while another panics and pulls out?

Often, it comes down to mindset.

Your investing

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Alan Levine | Apr 7, 2025

5 Critical Questions HNWIs Should Ask to Address Major Financial Concerns

Investments
Retirement
Tax Planning

What do you do when faced with a complex financial challenge?

Do you seek an immediate solution, or do you take the time to fully understand the issue before

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Alan Levine | Apr 3, 2025

Social Security Retirement Benefits

Social Security was originally intended to provide older Americans with continuing income after retirement. Today, though the scope of Social Security has been

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Alan Levine | Nov 1, 2018

How to Choose the Right Investment Advisor

With the proliferation of investment and personal finance websites, investors have access to a boundless number resources and tools once only available to

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Alan Levine | Nov 1, 2018

Personal Loans and Credit Card Payoffs - What You Need To Know

With credit card interest rates ranging between 11 to 22%, it’s no wonder people are looking for alternative ways to handle and pay off their credit card debt

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