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Apr 2020
2m 18s

They Need You To Be Calm

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The world is a scary place right now. Your retirement accounts have taken enormous hits. Events are getting cancelled. Government officials are failing, publicly and embarrassingly, to protect us. Nobody knows quite what the next few weeks or months will look like.  But one thing that is certain? Your kids need you to be calm. They need this as much as they ... Show More
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