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529s and the New Tax Law 2018
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. I’ve been talking way too much about cryptocurrency lately, so today I wanted to do something different. Today we’re going to talk about 529s and the New Tax Law 2018. New Year, New Taxes So in the new year, I received a nice little notice from my 529 – Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) account. It talks about the implications of the new federal tax law and how it could […]

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Ripple - To The Moon!
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays… and I forgot it was Friday. I’m not sure how this happened. Needless to say, I don’t have a post ready, so I’ll just leave you with this “Ripple… To The Moon!” For those who don’t know what I mean, just look at this: You might think this is not that significant… but you may have missed that this chart is only for one day. Ripple went from ~$1.50 to almost $3. […]

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New Year's 2018
Hey everyone, it’s Whatever Wednesdays again. I hope everyone had a nice Holiday. As we inch closer to the end of the year, it’s a time for introspection, but also a time for looking forward to the future. So today I’m going to talk about my “New Year’s Resolutions 2018“. New Year’s Resolutions 2018 Just so we’re clear, I don’t normally do the whole “New Year’s Resolution” thing. However, because I have a lot of […]

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The 4 Pillars of (Crypto) Investing 2
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again… and I’ve been posting wayyyyy to much about Crypto lately. However, that’s kind of what is interesting right now and people seem to want to know more about. So today I’m going to talk about “The 4 Pillars of (Crypto) Investing”. The 4 Pillars of (Crypto) Investing? Yea. This is a play-on-words, since there are a lot of books which use the term “pillars”, and more specifically it refers […]

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PPD Day
Hey everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays and this post is wayyyyyyyyyy late. Let me try to explain by saying today was “PPD Day”. This will be a very short post. “PPD Day”? Yes, PPD, as in purified protein derivative or Mantoux test, which is used in Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST). You see, my son needs a PPD because he’s moving on to preschool. Luckily, here in Hawaii, PPD testing is free for school children and the […]

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How To Buy Bitcoin in Hawaii
Hey everyone, it’s Finance Fridays again. Nowadays, all you hear everywhere you go is “bitcoin” and “crypto” this and that. I guess Cryptocurrency is somewhat mainstream now. Like I said in my prior post “No Bitcoin for Hawaii“, you can’t technically buy Bitcoin in Hawaii. However, today, I’m going to try to explain “How to Buy Bitcoin in Hawaii”. There was recently a comment on my “No Bitcoin in Hawaii” post: “did ya ever get around to finding a […]

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