Rick Kahler

PA Keeping Your Retirement Savings Clear Of The Government’s Thumb

Keeping Your Retirement Savings Clear Of The Government’s Thumb

The rationale is that government should be neutral on asset classes. It should not put its thumb on the scale by favoring some investment types

PA Love, Money, and Miscommunication—How Couples Can Break the Cycle

Love, Money, and Miscommunication—How Couples Can Break the Cycle

The good news is that couples can learn to talk about money without starting a fight. Here are some strategies that can help:

PA Market Panic During War Often Leads to Costly Investor Decisions

Market Panic During War Often Leads to Costly Investor Decisions

Back away from the computer before you access your investment account. This is not the time to take dramatic action out of panic.

PA Growing up Poor, Earning More, Still Anxious: Rewiring Financial Trauma for Lasting Security

Growing up Poor, Earning More, Still Anxious: Rewiring Financial Trauma for Lasting Security

Even when the numbers say you’re safe, the body may still brace for impact with a jolt of anxiety.

PA Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Wealth More Than Most Realize

Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Wealth More Than Most Realize

The consequences were striking. Childhood adversity is far from rare, and its financial impact lingers long into adulthood.

PA Why Financial Wellbeing Isn’t Just About Income, Debt, or Happiness

Why Financial Wellbeing Isn’t Just About Income, Debt, or Happiness

He disagreed with the definition, feeling that it described financial independence rather than financial wellbeing.

PA Banks Pay Billions. Credit Unions Pay Zero. Is It Time To Rethink the Rules?

Banks Pay Billions. Credit Unions Pay Zero. Is It Time To Rethink the Rules?

They weren’t competitors to banks; they were safety nets for people banks couldn’t or wouldn’t serve.

PA Why This Therapist Makes Clients Pay in Cash—and What It Exposes About All of Us

Why This Therapist Makes Clients Pay in Cash—and What It Exposes About All of Us

What if the act of paying itself—how, when, and even whether we pay carries hidden meaning about our relationships with money and the people we pay?

PA Why Owning Rental Property Isn’t Passive Income Anymore

Why Owning Rental Property Isn’t Passive Income Anymore

Landlords face rising interest costs, reduced affordability for buyers and renters alike, and policy uncertainty that compounds investment risk.

PA When Facts Feel Partisan: How Advisors Navigate the Politics of Finance

When Facts Feel Partisan: How Advisors Navigate the Politics of Finance

Yet in the current polarized and chaotic climate, every economic explanation carries potential political interpretations. #politics

PA Gold Hype Alert: Protect Your Wealth From Emotional Investing

Gold Hype Alert: Protect Your Wealth From Emotional Investing

Dollar and stock market would collapse, that their hard-earned savings would erode into oblivion, and that gold was a safe haven. Sound familiar? #gold

PA Should You Die Broke? Rethinking Wealth and Retirement

Should You Die Broke? Rethinking Wealth and Retirement

Dying Broke. It’s a goal for those retirees who embrace the idea of spending their hard-earned wealth during their lifetimes.

PA Are Boomers Depleting Their Children's Inheritance?

Are Boomers Depleting Their Children's Inheritance?

Sorry, any children of Boomers who may be hoping for a big inheritance someday. We’re spending your legacy.

PA Embrace the Senior Discount: A Perk Worth Enjoying

Embrace the Senior Discount: A Perk Worth Enjoying

I am not alone discovering that claiming senior discounts can trigger some unexpected emotions. #NCRetirementCenter

PA What’s Behind Soaring College Costs and What You Can Do

What’s Behind Soaring College Costs and What You Can Do

Pundits and politicians may debate causes and solutions for the high price of college, but what can you do as a consumer? #college #expensive

PA Travel Insurance: Don’t Leave the Country Without It

Travel Insurance: Don’t Leave the Country Without It

Your U.S. health insurance and Medicare almost never cover medical expenses when out of the country. #travel #health

PA Believing You Don’t Deserve Money

Believing You Don’t Deserve Money

At its core, this belief is rooted in deep shame. Guilt and shame are often conflated, but they are different. #money #guilt #shame

PA The Slippery Slope to Unethical Financial Choices

The Slippery Slope to Unethical Financial Choices

When a bad financial choice crosses the line into something unethical or illegal, the stakes are much higher. #ethics #money #mistakes

PA “The Economy Is Bad, but Not for Me”

“The Economy Is Bad, but Not for Me”

Why do 80% or more of Americans think the economy is bad and will get worse, while over 60% are actually satisfied with their financial situation? #views

PA Your County May Offer Free Real Estate Title Monitoring

Your County May Offer Free Real Estate Title Monitoring

I’ve written before that home title theft is a phony threat promoted by frantic radio commercials warning that your home can be stolen. #homes

PA Money Scripts 2.0: How They Form

Money Scripts 2.0: How They Form

What is new about my thinking on money scripts is that, unless they are generational, they are not written for us by someone else.

PA Financial Dependency: Relying on Others for Money

Financial Dependency: Relying on Others for Money

Do you rely on others for the bulk of your monthly income? If so, it’s possible your relationship with money may be suffering.

PA Eight Aspects of Financial Trauma

Eight Aspects of Financial Trauma

Typically, if you feel a sense of shame around any of these, there may be some past financial trauma. #wealth #finance #trauma

PA Giving That Benefits Both Recipient and Giver

Giving That Benefits Both Recipient and Giver

When we give from the heart, we do so out of the joy that springs forth whenever we willingly enrich another person’s life. #giving

PA Money Won't Fix Everything, but It's Better Than Duct Tape

Money Won't Fix Everything, but It's Better Than Duct Tape

Money Won't Fix Everything

PA 5 Common Embezzlement Characteristics to Watch Out For

5 Common Embezzlement Characteristics to Watch Out For

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PA Financial Enabling: When Parents Can't Say No

Financial Enabling: When Parents Can't Say No

Financial Enabling

PA 10 Money Truisms to Take to Heart

10 Money Truisms to Take to Heart

PA The Silent Crime: Shoplifting's Surprising Statistics

The Silent Crime: Shoplifting's Surprising Statistics

PA Who Really Are The "Investor Class"?

Who Really Are The "Investor Class"?

PA Are Some People Just Wired to Do Money Well and Others Not?

Are Some People Just Wired to Do Money Well and Others Not?

PA How to Get Serious About Estate Planning When Your Spouse Doesn't Want To

How to Get Serious About Estate Planning When Your Spouse Doesn't Want To

PA Do Your Kids Know How Much Money You Make?

Do Your Kids Know How Much Money You Make?