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I remember begging my parents to take me to get my driver’s license when I turned 16. At my high school, pretty much everyone had their license by the time they graduated. It represented freedom for teenagers across the country.

Have you caught cryptocurrency fever, or are you at least wondering what it’s all about? Odds are, you hadn’t even heard the term until recently. Now, it seems as if everybody and their cousin are getting in on it.

One of the biggest questions that young people of any generation face is “what happens after high school?” Chances are your children have been counting down the days to the age they think will make them adult, but they most likely not have fully...

Focusing on what you can control can lead to a better investment experience.

Whether you’ve been investing for decades or are just getting started, at some point on your investment journey you’ll likely ask yourself some of the questions below....

As we wrap up the first half of our discussion on decisions facing people in the sandwich generation, we want to carefully step into the important, but often uncomfortable, subject of death. Your parents are probably more anxious about this than...

Trivia time: how many stocks make up the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index (a widely used benchmark for the US equity market)?

While the logical guess might be 5,000, as of December 31, 2016, the index actually contained around 3,600 names. In...

More than 70 percent of Americans over age sixty-five¹ will need long-term care at some point in their life journey. Whether that care happens in their house, your house, or a care facility of some sort is directly correlated to their physical...

“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy—one that is robust and that you can stick with— cannot be overstated.” - David Booth

Atlas clients Dale and Robin are childhood friends turned high school sweethearts.  Married right after college graduation, they moved to Dallas from Michigan after a snowy winter with a car full of belongings, Robin 8 months pregnant and $500....