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Alison Southwick

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Alison spends her days working across Fooldom to create content that makes members of The Motley Fool smarter, happier, and richer.

Recent Articles by Alison Southwick

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Jun 27, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Motley Fool Answers Mailbag: From Retirement Healthcare to Fee-Based Advisors

You have questions. We have answers, and advice for straightening out your accounts, financials, fees, mortgages, and more.

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Jun 22, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

7 Reasons the Stock Market Will Go Up

It's not just the recency bias talking -- the stock market has gone up in the long term, and will likely continue to do so.

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Jun 15, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Managing Your Finances Through Dadhood

Raising kids is expensive and time-consuming, but these personal-finance pointers will get you well on your way to financial health, no matter where you are in the dadding process.

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Jun 13, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Investing Lessons From Some Fools

In celebration of FoolFest, we're bringing three Foolish members on the show to talk about their investing history and lessons.

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Jun 1, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Motley Fool Answers' May Mailbag: More Advice for Making the Most of Your Money

Listener questions this month ran the gamut of investing and personal finance, and the Fools are happy to help.

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May 28, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Rating Your 401(k): Is Your Employer's Retirement Plan Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Americans have invested trillions of dollars through these tax-advantaged accounts, but some of us aren’t getting our money’s worth.

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May 17, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

10-Plus Money Lessons Learned the Hard Way

We’ve got five key takeaways from the long downward slide of a blue chip giant, plus a raft of solid advice from the author of "This is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order.”

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Apr 30, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Trade Wars -- 2 Empires Strike Back: What You Need to Know as the U.S.-China Conflict Heats Up

Call this episode a prequel, as we dig into the backstory, consider the coming plot twists, and foreshadow how this fight between giant economies and egos is going to hit Americans in the wallet.

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Apr 23, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

FAANGs, but No FAANGs: What's Ahead for Tech's Titans

Some of these five giants are under fire, and given that they’ve accounted for an outsized share of S&P growth in recent years, every investor needs to keep an eye on them.

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Apr 16, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

5 Common Myths About Paying for College

Navigating college financial aid can be tricky. "Motley Fool Answers” can help.

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Apr 10, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

The Third Annual Loofie Awards

The Answers team crowns winners and losers in the world of personal finance and investing.

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Apr 5, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

March Motley Fool Answers Mailbag: From IRAs to ARMs

As usual, our listeners came through with a raft of interesting questions.

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Mar 28, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

The Tales of Mark Twain's Money Blunders Could Fill a Book

And now, they have.

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Mar 26, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

An Aussie Perspective on Investing Globally, and a Foolish Perspective on Investing Buffett-ly

A special guest from the Land Down Under offers the Fool's take on trends we might miss from our seats inside the world’s largest economy.

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Mar 15, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

Why LeBron James Should Be Your New Personal Finance Guru

The basketball superstar is very much an outlier among pro athletes, who have a sad pattern of failing to parlay those big paychecks into lifelong financial security.

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Mar 6, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

11 Great Personal Finance Questions From "Motley Fool Answers" Listeners -- Answered

The mailbag was so full this month that our hosts had to bring in an extra Fool to help handle them all.

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Feb 27, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

The Industry Winner Games: Which Nations Prevail in the Olympics of Foolishness?

Can the U.S. take a gold? Have some countries been doping their economies? We’ll tell you the score.

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Feb 20, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

5 Things to Know About Marriage and Finances, Plus 5 Things Couples Can Do to Make Matters Better

You don’t want to be that couple fighting about money all the time, do you?

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Feb 13, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

De-Stress Yourself: On the "Joyable" Way to Improve Your Mental State

The modern world is chock-full of things that cause us anxiety, and finances are right near the top of the list of common stressors.

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Feb 2, 2018 by Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp

MFA Mailbag: You've Got Tax Questions? We've Got Tax Answers!

April 17 is closer than you think. But not so close that our listeners aren’t also writing us to ask about other financial matters, too.

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