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How Could Inflation Affect Your Retirement? | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on March 23rd, 2021 In recent months, Procter & Gamble has raised prices for its Tide, Gain, Downy and Bounce product portfolio. It recently announced that this spring, consumers…
Read MoreTax Notes | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on March 16th, 2021 This year, the official start date for filing 2021 income tax returns was Jan. 24, and the season ends on April 18 for most filers.…
Read MoreReplenish Emergency Funds | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on March 9th, 2021 Americans have largely been on one of two tracks since the beginning of the pandemic: Those who suffered income and net worth losses and those…
Read MoreRemote Work | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on March 2nd, 2021 The pandemic that started in 2020 accelerated a popular work trend that had not been widely embraced by employers before then: working from home (WFH).…
Read MoreBaby Boomers and Retirement | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on February 23rd, 2021 The pandemic has become a new variable in deciding when to retire. Some near-retirees lost their jobs and decided to go ahead and turn in…
Read MoreMarket and Economic Outlook | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on February 16th, 2021 The last month of 2021 was filled with lots of new information — the new omicron variant of the coronavirus first hit U.S. shores, along…
Read MoreThe Taxing Landscape of the IRS | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on February 9th, 2021 It seems that millions of taxpayers still have not received their tax refunds from 2020 and even 2019.1 A major reason is due to the…
Read MoreHow Failure Can Lead To Success | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on February 2nd, 2021 “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett “You always pass failure on your way to success.” – Mickey Rooney “Mistakes are…
Read MoreAmerican Conglomerates: Past, Present, and Future | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on January 26th, 2021 Conglomerates are parent companies that own a number of large subsidiaries. They became popular back in the 1960s with corporations like ITT, LTV and GE,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up With Inflation | Blue Ridge Wealth Planners
Published on January 19th, 2021 Inflation was already on the rise before we learned about the omicron variant. Now on top of supply-chain shortages and transportation disruptions, Federal Reserve Chairman…
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