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Spring Investing and implementing your investment strategy
Today, we continue our deep dive into the Investment Barbell Strategy (IBS) —a proven framework designed to balance risk and reward while...
Jeff Hulett
Dec 1, 20242 min read
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Making Choices, Making Money: Your Guide to Making Confident Financial Decisions
The connection between personal financial success and confident decision making is iron-clad. You may think your decision-making process...
Jeff Hulett
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Student success! Interview with Hadgu Hadgu of James Madison University's Career Center
Hi all - this is Jeff Hulett - I’m a decision confidence builder! I lead Personal Finance Reimagined, a decision-making and financial...
Jeff Hulett
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Which robo-advisor is best for me?
Last week we learned about how robo advisors work and help us achieve our investment barbell strategy. Today, we will dig into some of...
Jeff Hulett
Jul 12, 20241 min read
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Using Robo-advisors are an investment strategy foundation
There is an old saying - “The time value of money benefits the young, but the young don’t appreciate the time value of money.” At PFR,...
Jeff Hulett
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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Buy a great home with a GREAT decision process
Homeownership may seem challenging. When something is new, we may feel overwhelmed to know where to start. We may feel worried about...
Jeff Hulett
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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What the students are saying! Praise for Personal Finance education and Making Choices, Making Money
"It taught me how to think about personal finance, instead of just telling me what it was and how to do it." —Jada L "Hulett's teaching...
Jeff Hulett
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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What they are saying! Praise for Making Choices, Making Money
Jeff’s decision process-first focus is a personal finance game changer. Providing a consistent, repeatable process is essential to making...
Jeff Hulett
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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Optimizing Personal Finance Decisions: Budgets, Credit, and Investing
Credit Personal finance decisions permeate our daily lives. From budgeting and saving to investing and retirement planning, the choices...
Jara Jones
May 8, 20248 min read
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Personal Finance Reimagined for Professional Services
Contact: Jeff Hulett jeff@thecuriosityvine.com Arrange a meeting It is common knowledge that the United States has increasing wealth...
Jeff Hulett
Apr 17, 20244 min read
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Making the power of convexity work for you - how small investments make a big difference
This article explores convexity. Convexity is also known as non-linear growth. Non-linear growth is what makes small investments in...
Jeff Hulett
Nov 20, 202319 min read
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Personal Finance Reimagined
We need to teach and practice personal finance more in line with how people naturally learn and make decisions. The common approach...
Jeff Hulett
Nov 18, 20237 min read
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Is a pet right for you? The personal finance perspective
We explore a holistic view of pet ownership. We consider the criteria or "what is important to you" about your relationship with the pet....
Jeff Hulett
Oct 7, 20238 min read
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Making Choice, Making Money
Decision confidence is here! Jeff uses an exciting, fresh approach to personal finance. He starts with the decision process. If you...
Jeff Hulett
Jul 21, 20231 min read
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Sludge in action!
Sludge is all around us. Sludge is nuanced and is evident in our day to day purchases. It is the modern-day version of bait and switch.
Jeff Hulett
Feb 14, 20234 min read
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Top 6 reasons why Personal Finance success starts with choice architecture
Americans are struggling with long-term financial security.
Jeff Hulett
Feb 5, 202314 min read
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Assessing value like Warren Buffett: Price is what you pay, value is what you get
We want to truly understand and achieve “value” from the things in our lives.
Jeff Hulett
Oct 21, 20227 min read
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