Navigating the College Admissions Process
Selective schools may be increasingly difficult to get into, but there are plenty of colleges that offer a quality education, have high acceptance rates, and offer a decent amount of financial aid.
How to Virtually Eliminate the Risk of Capital Loss
Economic uncertainty is certain. Fortunately, a strategy of diversification combined with a long-term perspective has a history of getting investors through tough times.
Will Your Beneficiaries Benefit as You Intend?
A will or a trust can help protect the loved ones you leave behind. But don’t neglect another crucial estate-planning task: naming beneficiaries for your various investment and bank accounts.
The Simplest Way to Reduce Risk
If you wish there was a way to lower your risk in the current market without making any drastic portfolio changes, try this simple approach.
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Kyle Idleman
Author & Teaching Pastor / Southeast Christian Church Louisville, Kentucky

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Ron Blue
Founding Partner of Ronald Blue & Co.

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Senior Pastor / Southeast Christian Church Louisville, Kentucky

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Founder / SeedTime.com

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Christian Speaker & Author of 120 books including "More Than a Carpenter" and "New Evidence That Demands a Verdict"

Chuck Bentley
Chief Executive Officer / Crown Financial Ministries

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Mary Hunt
Founder / Debt-Proof Living

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Randy Alcorn
Director of Eternal Perspective Ministries. Author of Money, Possessions & Eternity, and Heaven.

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Larry Burkett (1939-2003)
Co-Founder / Crown Financial Ministries

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Howard Dayton
Founder / Compass — Finances God's Way