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### [Will Inflation Derail Your Retirement Plan?](https://blog.artifexfinancial.com/will-inflation-derail-your-retirement-plan)

- Doug Kinsey
- 04.04.2022
- [Financial Planning](https://blog.artifexfinancial.com/topic/financial-planning)

 Hot off the press! Kiplinger.com just published a new article I wrote that addresses the significance of increased U.S. inflation and the impact it may have on your ... 

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### [Can Working With Us Increase Your Happiness?](https://blog.artifexfinancial.com/can-working-with-us-increase-your-happiness)

- Doug Kinsey
- 10.12.2021
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 People with Financial Advisors Are Happier Than Those Without: A New Report from Herbers & Co. 

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- Doug Kinsey
- 19.03.2021
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 Could Your Land it Like Sully? On Wednesday, Lex Browning and I made it out to the golf course for one of the first rounds of the year for both of us. During the round, ... 

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- Doug Kinsey
- 30.09.2020
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 The Many Ways of Getting Screwed by Non-Fiduciary "Financial Planners" I don't really read too many of the industry trade journals that come across my desk on a weekly ... 

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- Doug Kinsey
- 16.09.2020
- [Financial Planning](https://blog.artifexfinancial.com/topic/financial-planning)

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- 02.09.2020
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 RIF You! So you’ve been RIF’d, now what? For those who’ve received a Reduction in Force notice, few things hold more uncertainty or fear for them. You’ve been told your ... 

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- 05.05.2020
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 Within our mandate, the Fed is ready to do whatever it takes to support the economy. Believe me, it will be enough. Wait, did Fed Chief Jerome Powell really say that? No ... 

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