Finances

How Will Divorce Affect Me Financially?

“How will divorce impact me financially?” A stable marriage is one of the best paths to building and maintaining wealth. Divorce, on the other hand, is expensive. Possessions, money, financial assets, and debt acquired during (and sometimes before) marriage are divided between former spouses. In fact, divorcing individuals need a more than 30% increase in income, …

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How to Deal with the Financial Impacts of Divorce

Be Prepared: Know Your Financial Obligations and How to Protect Yourself BY DEBORAH FOWLES Updated June 19, 2018 Arguably the most devastating cost of divorce is its effect on the family, but divorce can also be financially damaging. Your income may be affected, and it’s possible that you could find yourself leaving the marriage with high …

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Hard work and good fortune: what self-reliance means for our financial well-being

If your approach to money is “more is more,” you are probably not alone. When it comes to the relationship we have with our own money, however, what counts is how it was earned. It turns out self-reliance, a tried and true philosophy touted by philosophers from Nietzsche to Emerson, can provide the framework for …

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Financial Self-Reliance: How to Build Bullet-Proof Wealth

Economic self-reliance: the ability of a person, place or nation to endure successfully without additional financial support from government or other agencies. It’s been a rough-and-tumble winter. Severe storms of snow, wind and rain buffeted American communities and coastlines alike. Tornadoes ripped through the Midwest with ferocity – and at the wrong time of year. Drought, …

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