"Thunk! I could have had a tax break!"
These days, we’d probably say that even the low-sodium variety had too much salt but in the good ol’ days, there was a vegetable drink...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Apr 9, 20194 min read
The Reality of Risk
I had an excellent time at the Chicago Autism Connection’s Spring Fling resource fair, this past Saturday. There was an excellent panel...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Apr 3, 20195 min read
Stress less with these tax tips:
My son, who introduces these blogs a lot, is a big fan of Subway® restaurant. Since it caters to meat-lovers and vegetarians, can be...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Mar 27, 20194 min read
Tax Filing Might Find Cash!
A cartoon fairy god-person, holding a clipboard, hovers over a man holding a briefcase and says: “After Federal, State and Local taxes,...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Mar 21, 20196 min read
What does this Social Security thing do?
My son’s latest mission is to collect car parts. This might be because he has an almost-eleven-year-old’s confidence that if he collects...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Mar 13, 20195 min read
Have Your Money and Use It, Too
In a cartoon, there was a rather large gentleman, wearing a hodgepodge of household gadgets connected by wires stands happily in front of...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Mar 6, 20195 min read
When Two Rules Collide
In 2014, Fox aired The Simpsons Guy. Extra credit if you can tell me which two dysfunctional, mildly obnoxious cartoon families starred...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Feb 28, 20195 min read
Buck Up! Take the First Step Into the Disability Services Maze.
One of the minor characters in the recent Sony Pictures animated film Peter Rabbit is a buck. As with the other anthropomorphic animals...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Feb 22, 20195 min read
Too Much of a Good Thing?
“Too much of a good thing…” is primarily used to describe an abundance of something that has crossed the line from being beautiful,...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Feb 12, 20194 min read
Avoid a Benefits "Traffic Jam"
I finally, recently learned how to add the “traffic” view to my Google Maps display. This is supposed to show me, in real time, the...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Feb 7, 20194 min read
"You are here!" in the government benefits maze
I was in the mall with my son recently, trying to remember which of the dozen sports shoe stores had the one pair of...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Jan 28, 20196 min read
Know the Inner Workings of your Life Insurance Policy
Inner Workings is the Disney animated short that preceded Moana in the theaters. The film depicts an office worker who needs to use...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Jan 22, 20194 min read
The 800-pound Medicaid Gorilla
There is an old children’s joke: “What does an 800-pound gorilla get to eat?” Answer: “All it wants to.” Despite the well-documented...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Jan 15, 20195 min read
Is it a Tree or Four Elephants?
One of my all-time favorite Sesame Street characters—even now—is “Lefty”, the fast talking, trenchcoat-wearing street salesman. In one...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Jan 10, 20195 min read
Taxes: What could be simpler?
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” is a quote, popularly attributed to Benjamin Franklin...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Jan 3, 20194 min read
Build Your Best Team
NFL Coach Firings: Who’s gone, openings and candidates (January 2, 2019, 10:31 AM). Meet the 2019 Draft Quarterback Class: Everything you...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Dec 18, 20185 min read
Is there a magic Number for funding my Special Needs Trust?
The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think about the Rest of Your Life (by Lee Eisenberg, and not to be confused with a ridiculous...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Dec 13, 20184 min read
Hurry Up and Wait
The Wall Street Journal on 12/11/18 had a fun story on the creativity of pet tortoises, particularly when it comes to escaping their...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Dec 3, 20184 min read
Two Outa Three Ain't Bad!
Some of you may have seen a clichéd-but-true sign that someone posted on LinkedIn a few days ago. It reads: We have three kinds of...
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Alexandra Baig, CFP®
Nov 27, 20184 min read
Just what is "Spend down," anyway?
Fairness does not mean that everyone gets the same thing. It means that everyone gets what they need. –Rick Riordan (1964- ), author of...
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