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Pete the Planner: As prices rise, where’s your line?

June 5, 2026
Peter Dunn

I’m pretty sure I’m living a high school econ lesson in real time. And it’s called elasticity.

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Mickey Kim: Trump Accounts: Focus on their merits, not branding

May 29, 2026
Mickey Kim

The better questions are whether these accounts help children build wealth and at what cost.

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Pete the Planner: Taken too far, FIRE movement devalues joy in work

May 22, 2026 | Peter Dunn

I’ve started to wonder if some people are becoming so efficient with money that they accidentally become inefficient with life.

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Pete the Planner: A plan isn’t a plan if you don’t understand it

May 8, 2026 | Peter Dunn

I’ve seen plenty of financial plans built primarily on life insurance schemes that worked beautifully.

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Jalene Hahn: Growing debt-to-GDP ratio points toward looming crisis

April 24, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

The government borrows money to help finance budget deficits and cover outstanding financial obligations.

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Pete the Planner: You couldn’t care less, and that’s a good thing

April 17, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Back when I was 22 and freshly married, I cared about everything.

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Jalene Hahn: Economists on the lookout as multiple crises amplify

April 10, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

Whether you consider a recession to be imminent or not depends on the narrative you believe. What you believe is also dependent on the echo chamber you follow.

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Pete the Planner: The hidden cost of abundance is mental clutter

April 3, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Actually, I just want you to clean your garage. And your basement. And that closet. And that other closet. And most certainly your storage unit.

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Mickey Kim: Investors caught between AI utopia and doom loop

March 27, 2026 | Mickey Kim

History suggests we consistently underestimate the economy’s ability to create new categories of jobs when automation displaces old ones.

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Pete the Planner: Ingredients for recession beginning to fall into place

March 20, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Before you roll your eyes, let me clarify something important: Recessions don’t just appear out of nowhere.

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Jalene Hahn: To plan retirement, you need to know what you want

March 13, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

A lifestyle plan answers one simple question: “Where will your time go when work no longer decides for you?”

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Pete the Planner: Financial sobriety: Try to nix a reflexive expense

March 6, 2026 | Peter Dunn

When an expense becomes normal, it disappears from scrutiny.

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Pete the planner: The answer to ‘Why me?’ is ‘Because you chose it’

February 20, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Welcome to the dad talk you didn’t ask for.

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Jalene Hahn: Don’t leave yourself open to retirement tax surprises

February 13, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

For those who have accumulated multimillion-dollar accounts, the saved funds bring significant, often overlooked, tax and logistical challenges in retirement.

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Pete the Planner: AI is great at math but lacks emotional intelligence

February 6, 2026 | Peter Dunn

AI is spectacular at a few things that most people are, frankly, terrible at.

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Mickey Kim: After a stellar three-year run, don’t expect the moon from stocks

January 30, 2026 | Mickey Kim

Periods like this rarely feel historic in real time, but the rebound from the April lows ranks among the most powerful market recoveries on record.

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Pete the Planner: The problem isn’t lifestyle creep—it’s income dependence

January 23, 2026 | Peter Dunn

We tend to think financial independence is about earning more. It’s not. It’s about what you refuse to inflate.

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Jalene Hahn: Beware investing advice from chatbots, influencers

January 16, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

According to the Certified Financial Planning Board, “financial misinformation is any type of incorrect or misleading financial information.”

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Pete the Planner: Beware the allure of flashy, urgent ‘opportunities’

January 9, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Real opportunity has a sneaky way of disguising itself.

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Mickey Kim: Sorkin’s history of 1929 crash has dire warning for 2020s

January 2, 2026 | Mickey Kim

Today’s markets display the same heady mix of optimism, financial innovation and unchecked hubris.

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Pete the Planner: Your money woes are either linked to mechanics or behavior

December 19, 2025 | Peter Dunn

So as we approach that arbitrary time of year in which change seems more possible than normal, set yourself up for success by limiting your new moves.

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Jalene Hahn: Here’s how to protect yourself from real estate fraud

December 12, 2025 | Jalene Hahn

Scammers usually take ownership of the properties without the owners’ knowledge.

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