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Consumer Alert: Scammers Change Tactics, Once Again
IRS.gov — Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to taxpayers, but now the IRS is receiving new reports of scammers calling under…
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HFM Takes You Back To School
Do you like the word BUDGET any more than the word DIET? We don’t tend to see learning about them as the path to something even better than short-term, short-lived immediate gratification. With…
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5 Habits to Keep Yourself Safer on the Web
Criminals and manipulative marketers don’t need to be high-tech system hackers to be effective: Social engineering (exploiting basic understanding of how people tend to behave) is the easy way in…
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Congratulations, Graduates! What Are Your Next Steps, Financially?
What do recent graduates (and their parents) need to start thinking about? With everything changing so quickly it is hard to get arms around the best decisions for you and…
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Aging Parents & Money
As we age it becomes harder and harder to lose parts of our independence. Check out these 5 key pointers for you, your children or your parents to ease the…
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Acquaint Grown Children with Your Financial Affairs
Having a conversation with your children about your finances is never easy. At HFM we believe giving your children knowledge about your wishes can only make life easier when the…
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12 Estate Planning Must-Dos
As your life changes so should your Estate Documents. Here are 12 questions to get you started in keeping your estate plans as well as beneficiary designations, up-to-date.
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You Better Think (Think)…
Aretha Franklin’s passing was in the news not just because she was an icon, but because she had NO WILL. Below is an article about some of the pitfalls of not…
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Have You Experienced Any of These Things that Affect Your Vulnerability to Fraud?
Scammers can temporarily trip up the most cautious among us. So it is key to arm yourself with habits that improve your odds of extracting yourself when you invariably are…
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Holiday Shopping and Cyber Attacks Seem to Go Hand in Hand
With scammers getting smarter and technology always changing, it is our job as consumers to equip ourselves with ways to stay safe online.