by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Last updated Jul 20, 2018 | Published on Nov 22, 2016 | Organize, Plan, Systematize
This is the third year I’m republishing “why giving should be part of your budget” with additional thoughts in advance of Thanksgiving. As the tumultuous 2016 draws to a close, I want to share what you can do to make 2017 a better year for this...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Last updated Jul 20, 2018 | Published on Nov 10, 2016 | Investing
The election season in the US has come to an end. Whether you are happy with the result or not, you are likely to see volatility in the market around the world as investors process the news. The market prices from one second to the next reflect our collective...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Last updated Jul 20, 2018 | Published on Oct 16, 2015 | Money and the heart, Organize, Plan, Systematize
It all began when our Internet dropped off. Having watched all our TV programming through streaming in the past four years, not having Internet was a huge blow to our evening entertainment. Fortunately, we just recently moved into an apartment with free cable and...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Last updated Jul 20, 2018 | Published on Apr 16, 2015 | Money and the heart
Recently I came across the interesting writing of David McRaney from his latest book, “You Are Now Less Dumb”, where he explores the human “self-delusions and irrational thinking and how we succumb to them both every day.” Many of the ideas he discusses in the book...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Last updated Jul 20, 2018 | Published on Jul 14, 2014 | Money and the heart, Organize, Plan, Systematize
As humans, we tend to think about things within a set of predefined, sometimes unperceived boundaries. This vastly increases our speed of processing information in this world; but in pursuit of efficiency, we sometimes give up precision. For example, if you suddenly...
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