Financial Planning

What Is The Difference Between UTMA and UGMA?

Finance Gourmet on May 13th, 2011

UTMA and UGMA are very similar. Both are uniform code proposals adopted by the individual states. Like other uniform codes (the uniform building code is a common one, for example) these work by proposing a common framework for states to use in order to prevent a hard to use patchwork of laws in each state. [...]

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Finance Gourmet on April 8th, 2011

Financial advisors and other financial professionals throw around certain terms like everyone already knows what they mean. In some cases, they are right, and in other cases, most people only have a partial grasp on what exactly a certain financial term means. In many cases, knowing the full definition of a word or phrase makes [...]

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Finance Gourmet on April 19th, 2008

Many people wonder why their budget seems so tight. Too often they look in the wrong places. Usually the problem is car payments.

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Finance Gourmet on March 31st, 2008

Listen to the book authors, newspaper and magazine columnists and many web sites, and you will hear that [tag]financial advisors[/tag] or [tag]financial planners[/tag] are nothing more than glorified snake oil salesmen out to separate you from your hard earned money. To listen to some in the finance industry and their champions, financial advisors and financial [...]

Continue reading about Financial Planners and Financial Advisors an Introduction

Part 4 and Part 5 of the Primer about [tag]Financial Advisors[/tag] and [tag]Financial Planners[/tag] is now up. Find out about what certifications you need to understand, and why they matter. Don’t worry, it’s a way shorter list than you might think. Also, keep an eye out for TONS of new content once I get a [...]

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