By Rick Kahler, CFP®

With all the chaos and uncertainty in the economy, this year is a perfect time to celebrate Christmas in the manner of Ebenezer Scrooge.

If you’re superficially familiar with Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, you might first assume that I’m suggesting you celebrate Christmas like a cold-hearted skinflint. After all, Ebenezer Scrooge is probably the most famous miser in literary history. With the current economic uncertainty, following his example of spending little or nothing might seem like a wise move in uncertain financial times.

What I’d like to recommend, however, is to celebrate Christmas in the way Scrooge did after the visits of the three Spirits transformed him. Continue Reading on FinancialAwakenings.com»

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