{"id":8007,"date":"2022-01-14T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/?p=8007"},"modified":"2022-02-23T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T21:25:49","slug":"financial-friday-round-up-january-10-january-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clients.firstfinancialsecurity.com\/FFSBB\/2022\/01\/14\/financial-friday-round-up-january-10-january-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Friday Round-Up \u2014 January 10 \u2013 January 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the latest Financial Friday Round-Up, our weekly column filled with the best things for you to read, watch or listen to regarding finance around the web. Below you will find articles on how nails reflect the health of the economy, how to get a head start on retirement planning, retail\u2019s changing hours amid COVID surges, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/12\/1072557499\/what-nails-can-tell-us-about-the-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Nails Can Tell Us About the Economy<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Who would have thought that the price of nails would be an indicator of the large-scale health of the economy? That\u2019s what Dan Sichel, Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, visited <em>Planet Money <\/em>to talk about this week in an enlightening episode about this surprising aspect of our financial world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/real-estate\/real-estate-investing\/604049\/the-problem-with-todays-hot-real-estate-investment-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stop Procrastinating on Your Retirement Plan! Here\u2019s How<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>A common problem with retirement plans is that people simply drag their feet when it comes to saving. 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