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Investment Markets: Problem? or Opportunity?

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Scott Neal 9% year-to-date, aggregate U.S. Bond market, allocation, asset, asset allocation, asset class, basket of security, bond, bond loss, bond market, cash, cash remains, chief risk, correction territory, drawdowns, entire portfolio, ETFs, federal reserve policy, hold security, image001 image002, inflation, interest rate, investment, investment market, investment protocol, investor, longer-term bond, market cycle, market turn, market-like return, momentum, momentum growth strategy, near-zero interest rate policy, portfolio, portfolio objective, portfolio performance, prescribed allocation, preservation, price of the bond, rate of longer-term bond, reduce volatility, reduce volatility of the entire portfolio, risk tolerance, S&P 500, Scott Neal, specific rate of interest, stock, strategy, tenet of traditional asset allocation, tolerance, towel, traditional asset allocation, traditional asset class, traditional stock, treasury inflation, U.S. Bond, U.S. Bond market, uncertainty of the situation, upside volatility, usual asset class, volatility, wealth, wealth preservation, wealth preservation strategy

The current economy, marked by the combination of high and rising inflation, low unemployment, and the near-zero interest rate policy

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Back to Basics

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Scott Neal Alka-Seltzer commercial, amount of payoff, asset, balance, balance sheet, balance sheet date, basics, cash, cash flow, categorization of the asset, checkup, coronavirus vaccine, debt, dynamics of a balance sheet, fizz, foolish action, inflow, JTWROS, liability, liquidity of the asset, negative net worth, net worth, old Alka-Seltzer commercial, payoff, payoff date, plop, right of survivorship, rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, Scott Neal, sheet, snapshot of a point, spouse 's asset, tax-deferred, tax-deferred retirement account, Tax-Deferred retirement asset, taxable asset, track of net worth, worth

Remember that old Alka-Seltzer commercial that began, “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is?” I don’t think

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How to Assess Your Healthcare Practice Operations

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Adam Shewmaker accelerated medicare payment, breach notification rule, business hazard, care act benefit, care act stimulus, cash, cash disbursement, cash flow, cash flow forecast, cash receipt, change regulatory environment, civil right state, clear answer, code staff, control break, covered health care provider, COVID-19, current practice operation, decreased resource, economic injury disaster loan, forgiveness requirement, fraud triangle, full speed, future financial performance, future state of operation, good faith provision, good faith provision of telehealth, guidance, healthcare, healthcare crisis, Healthcare practice operation, HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA privacy, human resource, injury disaster loan, maintain HIPAA compliance, medical practice face, Medicare payment, month-end reconciliation process, multiple business hazard, new code guidance, notification, office of civil right state, optimize care act benefit, partner, paycheck protection program, people feel increased pressure, poignant question, PPP, PPP fund, practice face, practice operation, process of transaction, report expenditure, required analysis, segregation of duty, short term operation, short-term account, take advantage, take advantage of the new code guidance, telehealth, term operation, violation of the HIPAA privacy

We understand the pressure you are experiencing during this crisis and know you may have questions about how the uncertainty

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Recollections of Financial Crisis

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Scott Neal 20, 200 day move average, 50 day move average drop, 800+, area rise, bear market territory, care train, cash, cash flow, Cash management, COVID-19, COVID-19 crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 virus, crisis, crisis hit, death cross, Dow, Dow future, financial impact, financial plan, financial plan area rise, free e-book, great sense, great sense of control, hold space means, insurance, lot of call, market 's crash, moment of encounter, pandemic, pastoral care train, recollection of financial crisis, resolve stress, respondent, Scott Neal, two-question, two-question poll, uncertainty, unfulfilled expectation, virus, wild swing

At 5:00 AM on March 20, 2020, the DOW futures were registering an implied open to the trading day 800+

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Smarter Investment Objectives

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Scott Neal aspect of liquidity, asset, asset 's tax, available cash, cash, cash flow, category, charitable organization seek year-end contribution, difficulty set investment goal, dividend, Droms, economic benefit, economic benefit of an investment portfolio, elimination of capital gain, G., Georgetown university 's William G., immediate taxation, immediate taxation of dividend, important tax benefit, investment, investment goal, investment portfolio, liquidity, little quiz, MD-UPDATE, MD-UPDATE issue, moderate growth, portfolio, qualified retirement account, question of allocation, quiz, retirement account, risk tolerance, Scott Neal, security selection, share of a widely-traded stock, smart give, smart investment objective, substantial growth, tax benefit, tax consideration, tax-efficient invest, tradeoff, valid entry, widely-traded, widely-traded stock, work of Georgetown university 's William G., year-end contribution

Before we get into the topic for this issue, I offer a reminder. If the contents of your inbox resemble

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Identifying Revenue Leaks within the Medical Practice

October 1, 2017 Adam Shewmaker, FHFMA appropriate medical code, back-office responsibility necessary, bad debt collection agency, balance, balance amount, bill question, business office, cash, cash collection, cash post, chart documentation review, code audit, coder, compliance concern, cross-training, Dean Dorton, dedicated focus, employee, employee dread, employee dread take time, excellent staff, follow-up, high patient satisfaction, identify revenue leak, medical code, missed revenue, patient balance, patient balance amount, patient insurance, patient visit, payment, physician, physician inquiry, physician practice, potential collection, practice 's code habit, practice administrator, professional coder, profitable outcome, R follow-up, R., recent twelve month period, reimbursement, revenue cycle, routine medical code assessment, single cure, single point of data, small portion of the back-office responsibility necessary, staff concern, task, team member, underpayment, unique patient mix, work go

With reimbursement shifting towards quality care and patient outcomes, it’s necessary for medical practices to take a fresh look at

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Maintaining Optionality

May 1, 2015 Scott Neal 14 % more money, 20 % decline, advantage of a down market, Antifragile, appropriate strategy, asset, asymmetric upside, author of good seller, available cash, average new money, brief economics lesson, bucket approach, buy-hold-and-rebalance, buy-hold-and-rebalance strategy, cash, cash rest, conventional monetary policy, dollar-cost, dollar-cost average, down market, economics lesson, efficacy of ZIRP, face of ZIRP, fed fund rate, five year CD, fund rate, go-go year, hypothetical dollar-cost, interest rate, investor, legendary investor, limited downside, money market rate, more money, non-conventional policy, Optionaility, Optionality, past four, portfolio, price of financial asset, property of asymmetric upside, real beauty of dollar-cost average, S&P 500, Scott Neal, specific goal, stock, traditional advice, unique property of optionality, value of cash, value of cash rest, zero-interest rate policy, ZIRP

We begin with a brief economics lesson and then move to how it affects investors. During periods of slow economic

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Opportunities in Real Estate

March 1, 2015 Scott Neal allowance, appreciation, appreciation rate, assess opportunity, assessment of personal residence, belief prior, bottom line, cash, cash flow, cash-on-cash, cash-on-cash return, current cash flow, deduction, deprecation, depreciation, equity, estate invest, estate investment, expected appreciation rate, expense, five to 10 % vacancy allowance, focus lead, great purchase, income tax save, investment, investor, investor focus, leverage, management fee, near-universal belief, over-looked expense, people voice, personal residence, potential real estate investment, prerecession, prerecession belief, property-by-property, real estate, real estate invest, real estate investment, REIT, REIT manager, repair, residence, residential rental property, result of a great purchase, return technique, sake of current cash flow, Scott Neal, share of a real estate investment trust, singular focus lead, tax code, tax save, use of debt finance, vacancy allowance

Have you ever been approached to invest in real estate? If you not, you likely will be someday. We routinely

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The Ultimate

June 1, 2013 Calvin R. Rasey advisor, amount of premium, amount subject, asset, beneficiary, benefit tax, Calvin, Calvin R., cash, cash balance plan, cash value, cost of pure insurance protection, death benefit, dollar, exclusive benefit of employee, income tax, insurance, insured, insured 's estate, investment, investment advisor, IRA, life insurance, life insurance premium, life insurance premium pre-tax, LLC, P.S., P.S. 58, P.S. 58 cost, permitted investment, plan participant, plan principle purpose, plan principle purpose of provide retirement benefit, pre-tax, pre-tax dollar, premium, profit share plan, provide retirement benefit, purchase life insurance, pure cost, pure cost of the death benefit, QRP, QRP pay premium, qualified plan, qualified retirement plan, R., Rasey, retirement, retirement plan, service II, traditional defined benefit

Do you ever wish you could pay your life insurance premium with pre-tax dollars while keeping your benefit tax free?

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Kentucky Legislature Tackles Pain Management Facilities

March 1, 2012 Megan Campbell Smith bill 's provision, bill attempt, cash, cash payment, CEO Heather Wright, controlled substance, encumbered physician, Frankfort, FRANKFORT pain treatment center, FRANKFORT pain treatment center of the bluegrass, healthcare consumer, judiciary, KBML, Kentucky, Kentucky doctor, Kentucky legislature tackle pain management facility, Kentucky physician health foundation, legislation, ownership of pain management facility, pain, pain management facility, pain medicine clinic, pain medicine service, patient pay, payment, physician, possible consequence of legislation, propeses, propeses legislation, SB2, Senate judiciary committee, session 's lively moment, Wright

FRANKFORT Pain Treatment Center of the Bluegrass CEO Heather Wright testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the possible consequences

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