The below featured news links and articles have been hand-picked by your Wealth Coaches. We hope you enjoy them.

• April 2013: "Get Off the Beaten Path for Vacation Deals"
  Higher airfares and overcrowded flights will boost your vacation bill this year, making it a good time to take the roads less traveled on summer retreats.

• April 2013: "Tap Your School for Job-Hunt Help"
  It wasn't until after Christopher Morel graduated from Pennsylvania State University that he realized how helpful the school could be in his job search.

• April 2013: "In Applying to College, Is Cost a Factor?"
  When it comes to our oldest daughter and college, we are in a place that most parents would envy.

• September 2012:"How Not to Blow It With Financial Aid"
  Common mistakes parents and students make when seeking help with college costs

• September 2012: "The Best Gear for the School Year"
  Here are the latest high-tech tools for starting the semester out right

• July 2012:"Is Gold Worth Its Weight in a Portfolio"
  Do the benefits of holding gold outweigh the risks?  Read this article to learn more.

• July 2012: "In Picking Facebook Shares, Repeating the Mistakes of the Past"
  Here is a timely article showing that most individuals have a negative return when picking individual stocks

• June 2012:"The Eurozone and Greece:  A Client Update"
  Our calm, disciplined approach puts the European crisis in perspective

• June 2012: "The Death of Equities, Revisited"
  Here is an article comparing the current news to an August 13, 1979 article in BusinessWeek

• February 2012:"The Good Old Days?"
  The hardest arithmetic for human beings to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

• November 2011: "Discipline:  Your Secret Weapon"
  We have heard the lessons of sound investing, but most of the time, the most important factor between success and failure is ourselves

• October 2011:  "Living a New Kind of Retirement"
  Having a retirement plan is important for planning life after work
  

• August 2011: "Living with Volatility"
  Investors who act on emotion usually do more harm with their portfolio than good

• August 2011: "Don't Panic About the Stock Market"
  Investors who resist the urge to get out during rough times like this will be glad they did

• June 2011: "The Best of Time, the Worst of Times"

              Here is a look at selected headlines from 2010 and 2011

• March 2011: "That's Better Now"

Two straight years of strong returns have made fund investors more comfortable with risk.  Don't get too comfortable

• February 2011: "10 years that shook America's finances" 

A look at the significant financial events that occurred in the United States during the last decade

• September 2010: "Advantages and Disadvantages of Variable Annuities"

              Weighing your options on variable annuities

• September 2010: "Personal Liability Umbrella Insurance"

              Could having umbrella insurance benefit you?

• June 2010: "Keeping Identity Thieves at Bay"

New Fidelity service restricts online account access based on IP address

• January 8, 2010: "All that Glitters is Not Gold"

Smart investing requires that you get the information you need and know the characteristics of your investment

• November 3, 2009: "People and Portfolios"
  Human Capital + Financial Capital = Total Capital Over a Life Time

• October 30, 2009: "Should We Fear A Falling Dollar?"
  The US dollar's weakness prompts the question: should equity investors be worried by the possibility that it could go even lower?

• October 16, 2009: "Crisis Behavior: Stay-the-Course Investors Move Ahead of Panic Sellers"
  Investors who maintained their exposure to the stock market during October 2008 were better off one year later for keeping their stock holdings