Associated Advisory Group

We are flooded with information telling us to simply put money in the markets and to “set it and forget it.” “Don’t worry about it,” they say, “Markets go up and down, but over the long term they always go up!”

But . . . what if they don’t? What's your strategy?

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‘Set It And Forget It’ Investing . . . Are You Nuts? You see, in my profession, I always have to consider the “what ifs.” What if, while cooking your meat and having a glass of wine, the machine explodes? What if the oven not only blew up your meal, but also took out a section of your home? Now, that would get your attention! We would have to change t…

Outstanding student loans now total over $1.2 trillion and that number continues to grow. With the exception of the Federal Reserve spending spree, many experts see student debt as the next financial crisis and Tony agrees.

Learn about these five strategies to help your kids avoid graduating with a pile of debt on their degree:

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Ways To Avoid Student Debt, And Why A common concern for middle class American parents is finding a way to pay for their children’s college education without going broke. Our youth, on the other hand, want to graduate from college without drowning in debt. With the exception of the Federal Reserve spending spree, many experts see stud…

There’s no question that beef prices have shot up dramatically in the past year. While you and I see this hitting our budgets, it is not clearly shown in the inflation numbers because Uncle Sam has decided we do not buy enough beef for it to matter.

Get the real scoop on inflation and your budget plans in this week's Aurora Family Finance.

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Where's The Beef? When I got to the cooler at the supermarket, I looked quickly at the prices for a package of steak and thought the butcher made a mistake pricing them. So I asked the butcher if they were priced correctly. He nodded his head yes and said that prices for meat have risen over 20 percent in a year.