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How to Prioritize Financial Goals When Everything Feels Important

How to Prioritize Financial Goals When Everything Feels Important

Do you ever feel like you’re giving everything you have to balance it all? As if you’re sitting 8 feet high on a unicycle… with a stack of dishes towering
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The risk of holding too much cash

The Risk of Holding Too Much Cash & What to Do About It

Too Much Cash?! Yes, it’s possible. Much like any time I sit down with a spoon and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, the same holds true with cash… You
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What is enough?

What is Enough?

What is “enough”? There’s nothing like a major life milestone to bring on a spell of deep reflection. Since having our daughter a few months ago, I’ve really been chewing
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Understanding Your Paycheck

Understanding Your First Paycheck for College Graduates If you are anything like me, you may be surprised when you get your first paycheck. Until that moment, I had only worked
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Term Life Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Avoid Costly Insurance Mistakes

Term Life Insurance: Protecting Loved Ones and Avoiding Mistakes

What is the Greatest Risk to My Family or Loved Ones? For us in New Orleans, we are intimately familiar with homeowners, flood, and auto insurance. Perhaps “intimately familiar with”
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open enrollment, workplace benefits, 401k, group insurance

The Importance of Open Enrollment Season for Families

The leaves are changing. Store shelves are overflowing with Halloween candy and holiday decorations. Pumpkin spice lattes and sweaters have made their annual comeback… This can all mean only one
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Upbeat Wealth on the News: Planning your Christmas Budget

Mike Turi sits down with host Malik Mingo on Great Day Louisiana’s Christmas in July special about planning your end-of-year gift budget. Great Day Louisiana: Christmas in July Budgeting for
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Upbeat Wealth on the News: Property Tax Assessment

Malik Mingo and Mike Turi are discussing the quadrennial assessment for property owners in Orleans Parish on Great Day Louisiana.

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cash flow, emergency fund, financial goals, budgeting

Upbeat Wealth on the News: Optimizing Your Savings

Great Day Louisiana’s Malik Mingo speaks with Upbeat Wealth Founder Mike Turi about the importance of exploring the “why” when it comes to your savings.

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Upbeat Wealth on the News: Finance 101 for Graduates

Mike Turi is back on Great Day Louisiana with Malik Mingo to discuss building healthy financial habits for high school and college graduates.

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