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Dollars & Sense

Freedman Financial

Financial Advice in a Language You Can Understand® from Marc Freedman and the Freedman Financial team in Peabody, MA.

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12-21-2023 Dollars & Sense, All is Merry and Bright...

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2023/12/21

Thanks for joining Marc and Marion for the second to last episode of Dollars & Sense in 2023! Christmas shopping is done and we’re ready to enjoy the quality time with our families. Christmas, family, chocolates, and gifts all put smiles on our faces, but that’s not the only thing making us smile right now… With 2023 coming to an end, we’re ending on a very positive note. The last 7 or so weeks we’ve seen positive performance. Who would have thought that the NASDAQ would end up almost 40% at

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12-14-2023 Dollars & Sense, Do You Like Surprises?

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2023/12/13

Marc and Marion are together again for this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense and to wrap up the last few weeks of 2023. Kind of crazy, isn’t it? Every year in December we find ourselves saying the same thing, “the year has just blown by.” Some things never change! You know what else is for certain? We get older every year. It’s one of those things people don’t want to plan for but it’s a reality of life. Each week when we do these podcasts, we try to put together a topic that would be of

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12-07-2023 Dollars & Sense, Making the Mental Switch

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2023/12/07

You’re in for a treat as Marion and Christian are hosting this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense. As our loyal listeners know, Christian is our Director of Financial Planning so we want to take full advantage of having him as a guest speaker. So, what’s going on with people as they approach retirement and enter retirement? It’s pretty cliché to say, but it’s the biggest change that will happen in your life. BUT it really is the biggest change - particularly from a money perspective. As you

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11-30-2023 Dollars & Sense, Should You Pay with Cash...

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2023/11/30

Welcome back to another episode of Dollars & Sense with your hosts Marc and Christian. We’re heading into the first week of December with Christmas, Hanukkah, and all festive holidays upon us this month. With holiday shopping in full swing, we can tell you that Marc knows all the Amazon, FedEx, USPS, and UPS drivers by first name now! We’re all feeling holly jolly and wanted to share our advice on whether you should pay for holiday gifts with cash or credit cards. The days of shopping with cash

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11-22-2023 Dollars & Sense, Have We Lost the Beauty...

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2023/11/21

Thanks for tuning it to our special Thanksgiving episode of Dollars & Sense with Marc and Marion. Every week we have a great time hosting the show to provide our listeners with financial advice in a language you can understand. Today’s topic is going to be a bit different – we’re not going to be talking about dollars, stocks, bonds and all other types of monetary items. Today, we’re talking about things! Things? Yes, things! We’ve all collected stuff over the years and we bet there’s some

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11-16-2023 Dollars & Sense, The Impact of Inflation:...

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2023/11/16

Welcome back to this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense. If you’ve been following what’s been going on in the world, and certainly from an economic standpoint, you may be excited over what the markets done over the past week. Marc was on vacation the first week of November when the markets started doing really well, so maybe we’ll keep him out of the office for good luck! ;) We just got back from the Baron’s Conference in NYC where we were among 5,000 other financial professionals, clients, and

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11-09-2023 Dollars & Sense, This time it ISN’T...

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2023/11/09

Marion and Marc are together again to host this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense. It’s the same old song and dance when it comes to market volatility. We find it interesting that the word volatile refers to the markets going down AND up, but you usually only hear the word if the markets are down. If you look at the performance of the major Indexes of the year, they’re actually up. At Freedman Financial, when we buy stocks for our clients, we buy them for the long-run. It’s important to not

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11-03-2023 Dollars & Sense, Do You Need Life Insurance?

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2023/11/02

Marc is on a much-deserved vacation this week, so Marion and Christian have stepped in to host! This week, they are delving into life insurance. Life insurance can be an important part of your financial plan for both you and your loved ones. But, do you know how much life insurance you need, what policy makes sense for you…or do you even need life insurance? Listen in as Marion and Christian discuss life insurance in a ‘Language You Can Understand®.’ A full complement of Dollars & Sense

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10-26-2023 Dollars & Sense, Girl Math

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2023/10/25

While Marion Gilman, CFP® is off enjoying the beautiful Mediterranean weather, we’re excited to have our Director of Financial Planning, Christian Karcher, CFP® join us for this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense. We usually talk about financial advice in a language you can understand, but we’re going to talk about an interesting topic that was brought up over the weekend while Marc was hanging out with his family and friends. Have you ever heard of girl math? If you’re part of the younger

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10-19-2023 Dollars & Sense, Popular Delusions and the...

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2023/10/19

We’re back again with another episode of Dollars & Sense, where we try to provide some financial advice in a language you can understand. We’re in the middle of October, Christmas trees are out in the stores (WHAT?!), and Halloween decorations are up. Today we’re going to have a little bit of fun and talk about some scenarios and situations that we’ve run into here in our office, some conversations we’ve heard on the street, and stuff we’ve seen on TV and in social media. A great orator has a

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10-12-2023 Dollars & Sense, The Crisis in Israel and...

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2023/10/12

Fall is setting in, there’s a chill in the air, and the leaves are changing colors here in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, our focus has been on the horrific terrorist attacks going on in Israel. As Israel has stated, this is their September 11th. If you think about the size of the population of Israel compared to the U.S.A., it’s almost six to ten times worse than the number of deaths and destruction that they’ve had in a single day. We have absolute full confidence in the power of Israel and the

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10-05-2023 Dollars & Sense, The Leaves Aren’t the...

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2023/10/05

The Topsfield Fair is in full swing and all of us at the Bnai Brith Booth hosted the 5th Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest! Contestants had 7 minutes to consume ¼ lb. Hebrew National All-Beef Hot Dogs (including the bun). The winner ate 11 hot dogs, which is pretty wild, and we all celebrated another successful year! The leaves are changing, but that’s not the only thing changing – so are the markets. September was a tough month and for those still waiting to receive their statements, our advice is not

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09-28-2023 Dollars & Sense, Will the Impending...

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2023/09/27

Here we go again. Perhaps one of the reasons the market is acting so unfavorably over the past week or two is because the government has the potential to shut down on October 1st. Déjà Vu all over again. As a matter of fact, Marion was just reading statistics from an article that stated we’ve apparently had 21 government shutdowns since 1976. You’d think with that many shutdowns that our country would be no more, right? That’s not exactly how it works, let us explain… Tune in to this week’s episode

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09-21-2023 Dollars & Sense, On a Scale 1-10, How...

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2023/09/21

The much anticipated Topsfield Fair is coming up and Marc is looking forward to seeing you there. He’ll be volunteering at the Bnai Brith Booth alongside his wife, Laura, and about 120 other volunteers serving some of the best brisket, Hebrew National Hot Dogs, and Jewish Fare on the East Coast! As an added incentive, if you visit his booth and ask for him, he will have a special surprise for you! A recent eye-opening report in the Wall Street Journal talked about how ill-prepared people are for

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09-14-2023 Dollars & Sense, Time in the Market it...

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2023/09/14

When are often asked, “What do you hope to get as a rate of return on your investments over time?” The goal is 6-8%. However, the likelihood of 6-8% in one year is slim to none. Investing is for the long term! The longer you are in the market, the better chance you will have a higher rate of return. Don’t let negative headlines or soundbites drive your financial decisions. Sadly, pessimism drives action more than optimism. The goal of these scare tactics is to get a reaction, so think before you

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09-07-2023 Dollars & Sense, When Do We Begin Making...

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2023/09/07

There comes a point in time when you have to understand whether you’re making a rational decision or a reasonable decision. We think you also need to recognize when you’re making a ridiculous decision. We don’t think it’ll surprise you where you make the most ridiculous decisions. Think back to some of the regrettable decisions you’ve made over your lifetime. We’re betting you were probably in your younger years. Did we hit the nail on the head? Take a guess at the age a recent study suggested we

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Dollars & Sense, Tick-Tock: Have You Had Your Annual...

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2023/08/31

When you were told to complete your homework as a child, you probably moaned and groaned. If you partner with our team, there’s one homework assignment that must be completed each year – scheduling your annual financial review. We promise you’ll thank us later! At Freedman Financial, the very last action item on your financial plan is to review your plan on an annual basis. Why is this important? All of the relationships with our clients start off by completing a financial plan. During this

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08-24-2023 Dollars & Sense, Money Matters: Your...

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2023/08/24

This week we’re addressing your questions and giving you advice in a language you can understand. These questions are from viewers just like you who have questions surrounding money market funds, risk, and even scams. If you have any questions regarding investing, market volatility, retirement, cash flow, and social security – just to name a few, contact us and we’ll answer them in an upcoming episode. Tune in to this week’s episode of Dollars & Sense as Marc and Marion host a special Q&A

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Dollars & Sense, Live By Design, Not By Default

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2023/08/17

We pride ourselves on not only paying attention to the financial aspect of your life but to look at your life holistically. Marion recently heard the saying “live by design, not by default.” Isn’t that the ultimate goal? What life do you want to create and what do you want to do in your life? We think it’s pretty important to keep that in mind not only in retirement age but also along the way. By default, we are conditioned to join the workforce after completing school, find a partner, own a

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08-10-2023 Dollars & Sense, Hope is Not a Strategy

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2023/08/10

We just back from attending the LPL Financial Focus conference in beautiful San Diego. We had a great time networking and hearing about the latest products, tools, and ideas for us to implement. During the conference, LPL President & CEO, Dan Arnold, made a thought-provoking statement. He said, “Ideas are interesting but execution is everything.” This got us thinking about some of the conversations we have with our own clients. A lot of clients come to our office with all of these ideas that

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