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Advice for Life Fall 2025 Newsletter
By Alterna Team
October 31, 2025

Planning a wedding can be one of the most exciting times in your life, but it can also be financially challenging. With careful planning and smart saving, you can create a beautiful day without breaking the bank.

Some of the hardest estate planning decisions are not about dollar values, but about personal values. A prime example is the family vacation property, where the memories are many, and the mere mention of letting go can be painful.

Bonds have a long history of being used to reduce debt or help finance business or government projects and operations, so its market size shouldn’t be surprising. Let’s consider the basics of bonds, what types exist and how you can invest in bonds for your own portfolio.

A market downturn tends to leave investors uncertain about their investments and what their next move should be. We’ve got five things you can do when financial markets go down.

Payroll management is the set of processes a business undertakes to handle employee compensation.

We all love a good hack or two that makes life so much easier, and that’s no different for small business owners.