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So, let’s count this blog post as 3,000 words long since I have three great pictures… We are busy with writing our client letter and assembling our quarterly economic review, instead of a lengthy blog post this week, we wanted
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement act (SECURE act) has been receiving a lot of press lately, and deservedly so. The act does make some significant changes to the rules around IRA contributions and distributions, and the House
The week between Christmas and the New Year is a little disorienting—internet memes abound: On this last day of 2019, we are caught in a little bit of Twixtmas too—we could look back and write about how amazing 2019
To follow up on Nathan’s post from last week, I hate the Elf on a Shelf. Ours arrived a few years back and was especially clever, hanging paper snowflakes in the kids rooms, staging elaborate battles with other stuffed animals,
Both hard at work! Anyone with Santa-believing-aged children is likely familiar with Elf on the Shelf™. It’s yet another invention that I’m mad about not thinking of first! If you are not familiar, the elf is simply a small elfin-looking
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, and we’ve crossed the mark of December 1st, it is the official Christmas season now. We went this weekend to cut down our tree, the house is decorated, and the first Christmas party has
Recently, my wife’s grandmother (my grandmother-in-law?), affectionately known as Ging, celebrated her 94th birthday. While she has had some medical complications along her journey, her quality of life has mostly been very good if not excellent. She is certainly lucky
37 days until Christmas. Holiday decorations are starting to creep through our neighborhood—the stores are decked out with full Christmas regalia and sale signage—and our calendar is starting to fill with kids Christmas concerts and parties. Although I will allow
News flash: Predicting when markets go up or down can be almost impossible. Some people can get it right some of the time, but no one can get it right all the time. We’ve shown plenty of evidence of this
At Meridian, we just did our annual family pictures—and we are again shocked at how big our kids are getting—they just keep growing up! Speaking of growing up…our US expansion just keeps growing older too! It is now the longest