Moody Radio Interview – Financial Advice for My Children

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What financial advice would you give to your children if you had to fit it all on a single index card?  This exercise will make you think through what advice is most important.  In the following interview, we go through my short list of financial advice.  You can read the full article “Financial Advice for…

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Financial Advice for My Children

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Have you ever tried to take something big and condense it into a few words?  It’s a surprisingly difficult exercise, but one that really makes you think about what’s important.  A few years ago, a University of Chicago professor decided to put his financial advice on an index card.  While he and I don’t agree…

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Moody Radio Interview – College – An Opportunity to Teach Your Children

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As parents, are we taking advantage of the opportunity to teach our children important life lessons as they approach or enter the college years?  Are we preparing ourselves and them for the high cost of that education?  That was the topic of this week’s interview.  The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda”…

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Moody Radio Interview – Teaching Our Children to Handle Money

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What are you teaching your children about God in the way you’re handling money or instructing them to manage their own money?  That was the topic of this week’s interview.  The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more…

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Moody Radio Interview – Leaving an Inheritance for Your Children

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We discussed leaving an inheritance for your children in this broadcast.  The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana.   Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on personal financial…

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Moody Radio Interview – Identity Theft

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We discussed identity theft on this broadcast.  The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM).  You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana.   Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on personal financial planning and investment issues…

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Moody Radio Interview – Teaching Teens About Money

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We discussed teaching teenagers about money on this broadcast.  The following excerpt is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana.   Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on personal financial planning and investment issues since 1996. He invests his…

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Expensive Weddings: It’s Time to Break the Trend

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Today, it’s not uncommon for a wedding to cost as much as a new car or the down payment on a house.  Unfortunately, most couples can’t afford those costs and it either falls on the shoulders of the parents or there is debt involved.  Last year, a report from TheKnot.com showed that in 2014, the…

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Teaching Teenagers to Value Money

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It’s difficult as parents to see our children fall and hurt themselves. That’s why we need to understand how important the lessons of failure truly are. When we grasp that reality, we stop looking for ways to keep our kids from falling and instead look at how we can provide them with an environment that keeps them from getting hurt when they fall.

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