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Extreme Cover Letter Mistakes That May Be Costing You a Job Offer
By: Cindy Makita-Dodd Cover letters are the front page of your resume. Crafting a unique cover letter will serve to not only introduce you to the potential employer but also to help you build your case as a strong candidate for the role. In the online hiring world,...
Everything You Need to Know About Social Security and Divorced Spousal Benefits
By: Michelle Petrowski Buonincontri, CFP®, CDFA As Baby Boomers continue to have higher and increasing divorce rates than other age groups, divorce later in life can bring increased retirement risks - there is less time (a shorter investment horizon) and opportunity...
5 Tips for Surviving Grey Divorce in Retirement
By: Michelle Petrowski Buonincontri, CFP®, CDFA A late-life divorce can wreak havoc on even the most well-thought-out retirement plan. You were happy “once upon a time” and planned a future…. Now you’re 55 and getting a divorce. Or maybe you’re 60 or even in your...
DComply Vs. Venmo for Expense Sharing between Divorced Parents
By: Marco Munoz When we built DComply, we started with focus groups to ensure that we engineered a mobile app that solved a common and difficult problem for divorced co-parents. We overwhelmingly determined the issue was fact-based tracking and accounting of money and...
What Expenses You Can Eliminate in Retirement
By: Jen Smith Are you about to retire and worried about how you will manage expenses during your golden years? You’ll be happy to know your income might reduce after retirement! Today’s post is a guest post from Good Nelly at My Way of Viewing. We talk a lot about...
Finding Financial Health in a Pandemic-Changed World
By: Jessica Larson Financial issues have come to the forefront during the pandemic, a fact that’s even more true for women than for others. Worldwide, the pandemic is projected to widen the gender poverty gap, pushing more women than men into extreme poverty, with a...
Mindful Spending
By: Carrie Casden If you are like me, I won’t be sad to end 2020 and start 2021. This year has been bananas!! Now with the holidays upon us, we have a heightened desire for some sense of normalcy since we have been in such an extended period of restriction. ...
Reaching Financial Independence On Any Income
By: Nadia Busseuil The movement is gaining popularity, but the news still hasn’t reached the majority of women. F.I.R.E. is an acronym that stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. Even if retiring early is not your main agenda, the premise of F.I.R.E. can help...
How to Save Even When You Don’t Think You Can
By: Ashley Patrick Sometimes it can feel like the world is against us and no matter what we do, we can’t seem to get ahead. Every time we try to save money, something “pops” up that we didn’t think about or plan for. Even though it can feel like no matter what we do,...
First steps on how to overcome divorce or separation
By: Valery Danko With the recent pandemic we have seen a tremendous increase in divorces worldwide. The pandemic just outlined issues that existed a long time before. Therefore, I felt an urge to share this message NOW to support you, because I have been through...
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