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Market Commentary for Anxious Queers
The bombshell tariff announcement last Wednesday sent U.S. markets plunging over -10% and international markets down -8% in the largest drop
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 97 min read
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Four Paradigms of Joint Finances
Four starkly different attitudes to shared finances underpin interactions in all life partnerships.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Dec 20, 20246 min read
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The Willingness to Withhold: Tithing Part II
In a little village in Myanmar, monks in maroon robes walk down the street with bowls in hand to gather alms.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jul 1, 20245 min read
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The Case for Tithing
Whenever we're out, my little son will ask me, "Are we close to home?" A few blocks, a few neighborhoods, a few states - are we close...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jun 1, 20241 min read
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Strategic Scarcity
We're now in the dead of winter, a time when the summer seems long ago. When the sun shines on my face, it feels precious. Lately I've been
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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Retirement of the immortal
At a house party in my 20s, I told someone I worked in financial planning. To my dismay she responded with, “That’s okay, I have a boring...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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Retirement by default invests in war
If you're like most people, when you fill out choices in your retirement plan, you likely aren't thinking about arms manufacturing— even...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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Considering the cost of kids
But can cost comparison address the question of having kids or not? I’m not so sure. Having kids is a fundamental life question.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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Return of the Student Loans
Despite the setbacks to student debtors, new changes to the repayment options are a good thing. So let's dig into it together.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Aug 1, 20234 min read
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Marriage: What is it good for?
If you are in a couple and ambivalent about marriage, blink and you might miss the benefits. But there are a few benefits worth mentioning.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jun 6, 20235 min read
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What is burning that hole in your pocket?
In April’s installment of my newsletter I wrote about the mindset of scarcity and its impact on finances. Many clients have struggled with
Landon Tan, CFP ®
May 1, 20234 min read
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Let's play around with a Wealthiness Audit
Isn’t it weird how rich people feel so much scarcity? They don’t have the struggles that bind you on a daily basis. They could live like...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 1, 20234 min read
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Thoughts and prayers for the trans community
Lately as the proxy war over trans people continues, I am grieving the narrative of progress and safety that I had even as bathroom bills..
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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Landon's Once-a-Month "Backwards Budget"
There are two ways to count your spending—counting up from zero, or down from everything.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Let’s consider our inevitable demise
You can’t use your money where you’re going, so why bother? My answer is that an orderly estate is an act of care to others.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jul 1, 20225 min read
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Should you be worried about inflation if you have student loans?
Landon in the media!
Landon Tan, CFP ®
May 1, 20221 min read
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French Teen v. Big Sis: Who will pay me back?
One summer while I was visiting Paris with friends after my high school study-abroad program, I lent my friend €80 to buy a nice pair of hee
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 1, 20224 min read
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Navigating Family Power & Financial Delegations
My father was born in the year of the tiger. Growing up in a Chinese family in Singapore and Malaysia he was one too many tiger...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Feb 1, 20224 min read
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In Defense of New Year’s Resolutions
All the reasons I believe in goal making in the new year.
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jan 2, 20225 min read
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A Budget Is Not a Body
The dreaded weight-loss analogy. A few years back on a conference call with the Seattle Times for a “Money Makeover” financial plan, I...
Landon Tan, CFP ®
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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