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Dealing With Data

The internet gods handed me a lovely birthday gift last week as I went full viral for a tweet about Google’s acquisition of Fitbit.  FIXED: Google buys your health data for $2.1 billion. https://t.co/TpVwBRgYXQ — Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) November 1, 2019 Apparently, people are very sensitive about their data. And can you blame them?[…]

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Financial Rules of Engagement

I can’t think of a more dynamic time in one’s life than where Millennials find themselves right now. Our twenties and thirties are loaded with critical decisions at almost every turn. From launching careers and finding purpose in life, to buying homes and starting families, there’s no other time quite like it. I’d argue it’s[…]

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How The Sausage Is Made

Last week, Charles Schwab announced it would offer commission free trading across its brokerage platform. Within what seemed like minutes, TD Ameritrade matched the offer with zero commission trading of their own. Since their *groundbreaking* announcements, there has been no shortage of news articles and blog posts about them and their impact on the financial services[…]

National Coffee Day

Last month I announced my partnership with my supplier Trade Coffee to try a whole bunch of beans this month and report back with my favorite roast. So, like the good *influencer* and marketeer that I am, I of course coordinated these findings with International Coffee Day. Please hold your applause. I’m a coffee influencer[…]

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Show Me The Statements

Conversations between family members about money are taboo and highly stigmatized, even today. So I always find it fascinating when people plan their financial future around the death of their parents knowing that, in all likelihood, they haven’t had a single discussion with them about their finances. Maybe they helped you with a down payment[…]