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3 weeks ago | 
advisorstream.com | True Tamplin |Ron Phillips
True Tamplin, Contributor May 15, 2025 Inspired by a scene from the movie The Beekeeper, this article lists and tries to answer estate planning FAQs. I recently streamed The Beekeeper, and Adam Clay is right at home with the John Wicks, Robert McCalls, and Bryan Millses of the world.
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3 weeks ago | 
advisorstream.com | Ann-Marie Alcantara |Ron Phillips
By Ann-Marie Alcántara / Photographs by Gabby Jones for WSJ May 14, 2025 The AMC A-List is not an exclusive club. Membership costs $20 to $28 a month and anyone older than 13 can join. But its nearly one million members brag about the movie subscription service as if they’re part of United Airlines’ invitation-only Global Service status.
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1 month ago | 
advisorstream.com | Elizabeth O'Brien |Ron Phillips
By Elizabeth O'Brien May 8, 2025 New Retirees: Your Drug Coverage May Be Worse on MedicareRetirees who sign up for Medicare could be in for a rude surprise: Their drug coverage may be worse than what they had with their employer’s insurance plan. A study from GoodRx Research found that the average Medicare plan excludes 44% of medications. Conversely, the average commercial insurance plan doesn’t cover 21% of medications.
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1 month ago | 
advisorstream.com | David Rae |Ron Phillips
David Rae, Contributor May 1, 2025 Your 40s are all about maximizing your earnings, minimizing taxes and setting yourself up for financial independence. Here are nine fabulous moves to make now. Suppose you’re in your forties, earning over $250,000 a year and dreaming of an early retirement, congratulations. In that case, you’re in a prime position to make strategic moves to supercharge your wealth and minimize your tax burden.
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1 month ago | 
advisorstream.com | Tim Maurer |Ron Phillips
Tim Maurer, Contributor April 28, 2025 Sahil Bloom recently shared a jarring stat: “By the time your child turns 18, you've spent ~95% of the time you will ever spend with them in your lifetime,” based on research from the American Time Use Survey done by Our World in Data.
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1 month ago | 
advisorstream.com | Elizabeth Guevara |Ron Phillips
By Elizabeth Guevara April 23, 2025 Student loan experts say delinquent borrowers should take action now to avoid defaulting and potentially having their wages garnished. Borrowers can move into a lower payment option, such as income-driven repayment plans. Borrowers can set up autopay and receive a reduction in their interest rate to ensure they do not miss a monthly payment.
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2 months ago | 
advisorstream.com | Nidhi Subbaraman |Ron Phillips
By Nidhi Subbaraman April 3, 2025 What’s your first memory? Typically, the earliest adult memories of childhood start at about age 4. But scientists have wondered why not sooner. Is it because babies’ brains are too immature to form memories? Or do babies make memories, only to forget them as they age? The first study to observe memory activity in the brains of babies while they are awake now has some answers.
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2 months ago | 
advisorstream.com | Amy Dockser Marcus |Ron Phillips
By Amy Dockser Marcus March 20, 2025 Ben Meyers heard about a Japanese woman believed to be the world’s oldest barber at 106. So he sent a colleague to her salon outside of Tokyo for a haircut. He wanted to know if Shitsui Hakoishi’s story checked out. People who live beyond 100 are getting more attention than ever, with billionaires and entrepreneurs plowing money into longevity companies and scientists looking for treatments to slow aging.
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2 months ago | 
advisorstream.com | Steve Garmhausen |Ron Phillips
By Steve Garmhausen March 20, 2025 The financial precariousness of the Social Security system is no secret, but recent actions by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have given many Americans new reasons to worry. Planned changes include layoffs of more than 10% of the Social Security Administration’s workforce, the closure of dozens of field offices throughout the country, and aggressive clawbacks of overpayments.
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2 months ago | 
advisorstream.com | Nidhi Subbaraman |Ron Phillips
By Nidhi Subbaraman March 18, 2025 Any doctor—or parent—will warn you that scratching an itch will only make it worse. But it turns out it has a surprise benefit. The act initially turbocharges the skin’s ability to fight off bacteria in the itchy zone, according to scientists who described their finding in the journal Science. The team was investigating a familiar paradox: Scratching can aggravate an itchy bite, which then takes longer to heal.
