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An old Savings bond found in a box

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Financial Planning and an old savings bond | Craig & Associates In a box of old papers my parents had sitting around, they found a Series E savings bond. The bond was purchased for me as a gift shortly after I was born. The face value on the bond was $25 but the bond was purchased by my dad for $18. I took it down to the bank and cashed it in for $135, which was...

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Facebook employee stock option tax trap | Craig & Associates The initial public offering for Facebook started at $38 per share, hit $44 and is currently somewhere around $32. I’m not here to gossip about valuation, regulation, insiders, or any of that.

Freaky Friday! Why everyone needs to stash a little cash away for a rainy day!

Freaky Friday! | Craig & Associates Wow, what a day I have had today! It’s Friday the 13th folks, and I never considered myself superstitious until today. I left the house this morning to go and buy our dogs some food (because my lovely hubby forgot 2 days in a row, cough cough). So I jammed over to the pet supply store, grabbed the 3...

Build Your Financial Dream Team - Kiplinger Most of the time, you probably do fine managing your own finances -- thatswhy you read Kiplingers in the first place. But every now and then, you may need help from a professional. It can be tough to turn over your money to someone

To all you entrepreneurs out there looking to raise capital, this might interest you!

JOBS Act Crowdfunding: Introducing New Sources of Capital to Low-Wealth Entrepreneurs Yesterday, I attended President Obama's signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act at the White House. The JOBS Act, which passed in Congress at the end of March, is a combination of capital formation proposals to make it easier for firms to raise capital, including and most impor...

Are you Jet Set? Check out what you can deduct on your tax return:

What travel expenses are tax deductible? The deadline for filing your taxes is nearing. Understanding what business travel expenses you can or cannot deduct is crucial.

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How To Boost Investment Returns | Craig & Associates I bet you opened up this blog post expecting me to write something about the biggest, best, and brightest new investment opportunity, something like — The Super Duper Gold Diamond Star Fund — that promises to quadruple your money over x amount of years. Well sorry to disappoint, but I don’t believe...

Have you been shopping around for a financial planner but not sure how to tell the different types of advisors apart?

Find Financial Advisors – Types of Advisors | Letsmakeaplan.org Learn about the different types of financial advisors, who can help you meet your financial goals.

Regardless of age, these are great reminders for everyone!

Top 5 Regrets of the Dying On their dying bed, when questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, five common themes surfaced.

Some helpful considerations if you are considering buying a house this year!

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If you are starting to think about collecting social security benefits or perhaps your parents are getting to that stage, this article is a MUST READ!

Get a Bigger Check From Social Security Not so long ago, some people planning for retirement wrote off Social Security as an endangered benefit and a marginal addition to their post-career income. But in an era of disappearing pensions and erratic stock-market returns, the idea of guara

http://www.craigadvisors.com/2012/01/27/it-pays-to-get-involved-in-your-community/

It Pays to Get Involved in Your Community | Craig & Associates Volunteering in the Orange County area is a big part of Gary and me. It always feels satisfying to know that we are involved in something greater than ourselves and above and beyond what Craig & Associates requires of us. Some of the organizations that we have worked with over the years include Hoag...