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Peter Dunn

Pete the Planner: The hard truth behind teaching your kids about finances

October 9, 2026
Peter Dunn

I’m beginning to understand something I missed during all those years of dispensing advice: Financial advice has a tendency to treat emotion like an implementation problem.

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Jalene Hahn: Medicare enrollment season brings out the scammers

October 2, 2026
Jalene Hahn

There are many sources for legitimate information regarding Medicare plans. There are also plenty of scammers and dishonest marketers.

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Pete the Planner: A wad of cash is dumb, which is why it’s AI-proof

September 25, 2026 | Peter Dunn

If intelligence becomes the problem, it might help to own a financial asset that has none.

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Jalene Hahn: Charitable-giving plans: More bang for your philanthropy

September 4, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

A charitable-giving plan is created by defining your core values, setting a realistic budget and choosing tax-efficient donation methods that align with your financial goals.

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Pete the Planner: What’s hard work have to do with luck? Maybe a lot.

August 28, 2026 | Peter Dunn

One of the topics that still has my mind racing was the relationship between hard work and luck.

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Mickey Kim: AI whiz kid flies too close to sun, incinerates billions

August 21, 2026 | Mickey Kim

Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine usefully framed the problem this way: Situational Awareness had a long-term thesis financed by very short-term money

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Pete the planner: Stability, confidence are like GLP-1s for financial appetites

August 14, 2026 | Peter Dunn

I did identify one core element of GLP-1s that feels relatable to a person’s finances, and I wonder if there’s wisdom in it.

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Jalene Hahn: Pass it on: How to preserve family wealth over generations

August 7, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

Research shows that recipients of larger inheritances are likely to completely spend or lose the entire sum more quickly than those receiving smaller amounts.

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Pete the Planner: Don’t let your rich friends redefine what’s affordable

July 31, 2026 | Peter Dunn

The pressure rarely comes from the wealthier friend. It comes from inside us.

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Mickey Kim: Invest it like Messi: Patience, not exertion, wins game

July 24, 2026 | Mickey Kim

Sports analytics uses data, technology and predictive modeling to improve decisions.

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Pete the planner: Personal finance is about trade-offs, not good and bad

July 17, 2026 | Peter Dunn

The arithmetic is simple. The psychology isn’t.

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Jalene Hahn: Women who bring home bacon still get ‘second-shift’ work

July 10, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

The study finds nearly “45% of female breadwinners who earn roughly the same as their spouse report doing the majority of household tasks, compared to just 12% of male breadwinners.

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Pete the planner: We might need to reinstate hurdles for spending money

July 3, 2026 | Peter Dunn

I spent $14 (clearly the break was the manufacturer’s fault, not mine) in 26 seconds, and the replacement arrived at my home 36 hours later. I loved it.

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Mickey Kim: Is today’s AI frenzy a replay of late ’90s dot-com bubble?

June 26, 2026 | Mickey Kim

According to Bloomberg Intelligence, companies tied to AI now account for more than half of the S&P 500’s weighting.

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Pete the planner: Heed the consequences, or you’ll pay the price later

June 19, 2026 | Peter Dunn

Most adults do a remarkable job of learning how to conveniently obfuscate the consequences of their actions, both in premeditation and after the action itself.

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Jalene Hahn: Your heirs will need help tracking digital footprints

June 12, 2026 | Jalene Hahn

The more complicated your digital estate is, the more hours heirs will need to spend tracking down accounts, filing additional paperwork and possibly going to court to be granted access.

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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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