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10/26/2026

Why So Bearish?

10/25/2026

Today is your last chance to check out Hippie Fest in Salisbury! Hippie Fest is a family-friendly music & arts festival for people of all age - Featuring hippie tribute bands, acres of bohemian vendor booths, vintage hippie car show, delicious munchies, drum circles, DIY tie-dye, & far-out sideshow performers.

Hippie Fest is a grassroots music and arts festival featuring vibrant entertainment for all ages.

10/21/2026

Have you checked your RMD yet?
December 31 will be here before you know it. Swipe through for a few important planning considerations to review before year-end.
Have additional questions or want to dive deeper? We’ve got you covered. Read the full blog: https://hubs.li/Q04zhSzf0

10/21/2026

NEW BLOG: 3 Practical Ways to Manage Risk in Your Private Foundation 🤔Here are three things worth understanding if you have a foundation or are thinking about starting one.:

Running a private foundation is one of the most rewarding things a family can do with its resources. It also comes with real responsibility. The IRS holds foundations to a specific set of rules, and staying on the right side of them takes a little more than good intentions.

10/20/2026

🌴 More Americans are deciding that enjoying life now matters just as much as making financial progress for later.

A recent SoFi survey found that 72% of Americans would be willing to make slower progress toward their financial goals so they can spend more time with family, travel more, and prioritize meaningful experiences.

That doesn’t necessarily mean abandoning long-term goals. In fact, 59% of respondents said enjoying life is how they define financial progress, compared with 27% who pointed to owning a home.

The challenge is finding a balance between what matters now and what matters later. ✈️ That can mean making room for a vacation, concert, or family event while still keeping an eye on retirement savings and debt.

But charge that trip to a credit card and carry a balance, and interest can turn a two-week memory into a much longer bill.

What does financial progress look like to you: reaching the next milestone, enjoying more of life now, or some mix of both?


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SoFi found 72% of Americans are willing to make slower progress on financial goals to prioritize family, travel and meaningful experiences.

10/19/2026

Schoolhouse Rock still applies in 2026

10/18/2026

💡 What if scientists could use light to switch specific brain cells on and off?

That idea helped earn the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel. Their work helped create the field of optogenetics, which combines light and genetics to control selected neurons in living brains.

The breakthrough grew from research on a light-sensitive protein in green algae. Scientists found that when the protein was introduced into certain brain cells, light could be used to activate or silence those neurons with remarkable precision.

That has given researchers a powerful way to study the brain circuits involved in behavior and disease. The technique is already informing research into conditions including blindness, depression, addiction, dementia, autism, and schizophrenia. 🧠

A discovery that began with algae has become one of neuroscience’s most important tools.



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The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

10/17/2026

Fall always seems to feel like a great time to see a live show - and what better than the Vincent Price classic House on Haunted Hill? 👻💀 Get your tickets here:

You’re cordially invited to a party to die for. Based on the Vincent Price cult classic, House on Haunted Hill is a deliciously suspenseful thriller filled with mystery, dark humor…

10/15/2026

The Big Mac Index turns forty this year. Forty years old and still fun to explain at parties. Check out what this classic burger can tell us about the purchasing power of our dollar.

10/14/2026

A big financial surprise rarely arrives at a convenient time. How would you handle an emergency?

A 2025 Federal Reserve survey asked adults how they’d handle a $400 emergency expense. In response, 63 percent said they’d cover it using cash or its equivalent. That share hasn’t changed since 2024.

A financial cushion doesn’t have to be large to matter; it just has to be large enough to handle the emergency in question. Even a modest cushion can change how a surprise feels: less like a crisis, more like an inconvenience.

What would be the right amount for your household? Let’s talk about it at our next visit.

SOURCE: FederalReserve.gov