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Hi Anna,
I love your financial advice/information, so I came up with a question for you–and no surprise, it’s baby related! If you feel so inclined to share your wisdom…
We’re starting to look into the idea of a 529 [education savings account] for the little one–something I believe you’ve got Mini hooked up [...]
Investing is distinguished from savings by the introduction of risk. As I discussed in my post about savings, a good savings plan is not exciting because it does not involve risk. A savings account involves a stable interest rate, with low returns and little expectation of gain. You just want to keep your savings somewhere [...]
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