What You Leave to the Kids
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Dear Girlfriends, We are in the midst of the largest transfer of wealth in our nation’s history. The “greatest generation” is dying away and being the good savers/investors they were, they’re leaving trillions of dollars to their baby boomer heirs. So that leaves me really scratching my head… if they were such great savers, why didn’t they pass this legacy …

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It’s Not About How Much Money You Make
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Dear Girlfriends, I can tell you right now that you’re not going to like this topic. Why? Because it’s about saving money, not spending it. And that’s hard for many of us (me included) when there are so many cute shoes and handbags calling our name! But if we want to be women who live a life of balance and …

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Do You Have Any Clue Where You Are?
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Dear Girlfriends, Last month Steve, our grown kids, and I and drove down to Austin for the weekend. We ventured out of town on a winding ranch road and got lost. Our car has a navigation system, but it was preprogrammed to indicate on the display our final destination. Well, that didn’t help. I knew where home was! I wanted …

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Money: Why It Really Matters
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Dear Girlfriends, For those of you who might be disinterested (as I once was) in the topic of money and think it doesn’t apply to you or your sense of balance, let me share with you a few stats: • It was predicted that in 2003, more women would file for bankruptcy than would graduate from college.* • In 2003, …

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