It may be a sloppy spring. Here’s what you need to know.

Tax season is underway and it’s shaping up to be a little more complicated this year: the average refund is expected to be smaller, and returns may be arriving later, due to a backlog at the IRS. As we continue to recover from the pandemic’s effects on the economy and...

Starting…now!

Starting…now! Hello Independent Advisor Online (Brad Cable), When is the best time to plant a tree? According to the old Chinese proverb, the best time was 20 years ago, but the second-best time is now. There’s such great wisdom in that proverb when it comes to...

How 💗 and 💰 are connected

Hello Independent Advisor Online (Brad Cable), This week I couldn’t resist sending out a few fun finance-related articles ahead of Valentine’s Day. This particular holiday can be tricky, as many people tend to have mixed emotions about their love life at times –...

Zoom out 👁️ to keep perspective

Before Zoom took over the pandemic as a videoconferencing phenomenon, the word was better known as the camera function that let you take close-up photos from far away. The first zoom lenses were large, expensive, and mostly owned only by professionals. But now, anyone...

100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying

If January is the month of resolutions, then February is when we start to see some action. By now, you probably already have a good idea which resolutions are taking root in your life and which have fallen by the wayside. But don’t lose heart if you’ve let a goal...