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Dawn Santoriello | Sep 10, 2025

Your Role & Responsibilities as an Agent in a Power of Attorney (POA)

Investments
Finance
Tax Planning
Insurance
Estate Planning
A power of attorney (POA) can grant you certain authority and specific responsibilities. While the extent and limitations of POAs can vary based on many factors
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Dawn Santoriello | Sep 3, 2025

Practical Tips: How to Avoid These 4 Estate Planning Missteps

Finance
Lifestyle
Estate Planning

First, let’s start by uncovering the most common mistake in estate planning…

Surprisingly, this frequently made mistake might already be on your doorstep. A

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Dawn Santoriello | Aug 27, 2025

A Guide to Pensions & Retirement Benefits

Retirement
Investments
Tax Planning

How much do you really know about retirement benefits?

If you’re like most Americans, it’s not that much. In fact, most of us have fairly poor “retirement

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Dawn Santoriello | Aug 20, 2025

3 Investment Factors that Don’t Drive Long-term Returns

Investments

As a long-term investor, you’re always thinking about what factors drive your investment returns. Unfortunately, many investors focus on things that cause short

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Dawn Santoriello | Aug 13, 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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Dawn Santoriello | Aug 6, 2025

How to Beat Investing FOMO: The Power of Patient Wealth Building

Investments
Finance

Can you relate to any of the following?

  • “I should have bought that stock before the company went public!”
  • “What a shame — I wish I had invested in that new
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Dawn Santoriello | Jul 30, 2025

4 Pervasive Myths About Inflation

Investments
Finance

4 Pervasive Myths About Inflation

Inflation can feel inescapable these days.

For most of us, it also feels like inflation is higher and more persistent than it

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Dawn Santoriello | Jul 23, 2025

7 Milestones At Age 50 & Above

Retirement

Birthday celebrations at 50 and each year after can be meaningful opportunities to reflect and feel grateful for life’s journey. Some also mark important

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Dawn Santoriello | Jul 16, 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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Dawn Santoriello | Jul 9, 2025

How to Reprogram & Improve Your Money Mindset

Finance
Investments
Savings

What’s the first thing you think of when it comes to money?

Are your thoughts more positive or negative?

Whatever’s natural to you can speak to your money mindset

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Dawn Santoriello | Jul 2, 2025

How Tax Loss Harvesting Can Potentially Reduce Your Capital Gains Taxes

Investments
Tax Planning

If you’re like many investors, the thought of paying capital gains taxes on your successful investments might feel overwhelming. But what if there was a

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Dawn Santoriello | Jun 25, 2025

5 Damaging Myths About Money Talks & the Facts Behind Them

Investments
Finance
Lifestyle
Savings
Family

What money topics are the most taboo to talk about?

Earnings, debt, inheritance, or net worth?

For most of us, many financial topics are simply off-limits.1

That

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