During the down time of the Holiday Season we begin our annual “Cleaning” of the Inbox…
The key is persistency, as many emails are not easily cancelled… frequently it takes more than one and up to five tries…
Give it a try, you will be very surprised at how fast you can knock those pesky (especially the daily ones) emails down!
Here are a few tricks…
We are happy to report that this technique is working much better this year, than in years past … and from our sample size has a better than 50% work rate!
You can first try with the Cell “Unsubscribe” button shown on the screen shot below… this resides at the top of your email in many cases is by far the fastest way to attempt the cancel….
After the first week, you should be down to those pesky ones that do not work the easy way… so on to step two…
Again, using our sample size we find that about 90% of the remaining emails have an “unsubscribe” link at the very bottom of the email…
Be very careful when using this technique as this technique usually involves a second pop up window from the source, and it is super easy to opt into all emails from the source rather than removing you from the list…
Some sources mandate you tell them why you are removing yourself from the list or the request will not be accepted…
Some even mandate you hand type something, usually just a correct word like “The” or “And” will do the trick…
So now you should be down to the rag tags of the really pesky recurring emails…
With the last few, we recommend you move from the cell to a regular PC, not an IPad, as the cell features are very similar to the IPad features due to similar operating systems….
On the last step, with a regular PC you will most likely need to click “More” which opens your browser from the email and then let the hunt begin…. We find that somewhere, usually way at the bottom of the page there will be a “Preferences” button, that will then open ANOTHER window that you can finally remove yourself from future emails.
While we crowed about the wonderful virtual summits (rather than travels across the country and weeks out of the office) that provided tons of data for our Newsletters, blog posts here, and some awesome slide decks for future use… a small downside was our email addresses were shared.
Somewhere in the fine print, we likely agreed… but this year’s “Unsubscribe” two week venture is paying greater dividends than in years past….
Hopefully you will have as much luck as we have and you find less unwanted emails than before you started your endeavors…
Remember not too long ago when you said to yourself “Oh look, I have a new email!”
Not anymore!!!!
Have a Great “Leaner In Box” Day!
John A. Kvale. CFA, CFP
Founder of J.K. Financial, Inc.
A Dallas Texas based fee only
Financial Planning Total Wealth
Management firm.
January 2018 Podcast Video, Financial Planning and Capital Market Update- By John Kvale
Hello and Welcome to our January 2018 Financial Planning and Capital Market Update!
If you are too busy to read, feel free to listen as we describe our post and thoughts in friendly podcast format.
January 2018 Video
Financial Planning Tip (s) –
Fraud Reminder
As we mentioned in our post just prior to this one, the Grand Enchilada of Tax Forms enters the mail and electronic systems this week. These most popular forms are due by the end of January and fraudsters are taking notice.
Keep your eyes and ears out for anything suspicious!
Vault Saves Day Twice
Here in our real life experience post, we ended up needing the Vault to help save time and a HUGE hassle at a far distant Tennis Tournament. Who would have thought they would be so strict in identification at a Tennis Tournament?
Here is a neat reminder of what might do into your very own Personal Vault:
Legal Documents □ Wills □ Deeds □ Revocable & Irrevocable Trusts □Power of Attorney □ Codicils (Supplements made to a Will) □Living Wills/Health Directives □Prenuptial Agreements □ Buy/Sell Agreements □ Contracts Social Security and/or Veteran’s Administration Info Insurance Policies (Life, LTD, Disability, Medical, Car, Property) Medical Records Bank & Investment Statements □Pensions, IRAs,
Annuities etc. □Investment Accounts □Stock Options/Certificates Liabilities □List of Credit Cards with contact information □ Mortgages □Loans Taxes □Tax Returns □ W-2 Forms Identification □ Birth Certificates □ Drivers Licenses □Passports Family □ Adoption Papers □ Marriage License □Pictures □ Audio Files □ Video Clips Property □Titles to Homes, Autos, Boats, etc. □ Warranties Employment Benefits
Capital Market Comments
Interest Rates
10 Year Treasury touches 2.70% – Where to next?
After floundering in the low 2% range, it appears interest rates may be on the rise. This is just in time as the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) are set to raise short term rates several times this year and the one thing we DO NOT WANT is an inverted yield curve (more on this another time).
We have argued higher rates are helpful as long as they move gradually.
So far so good!
Have a Great Day!
John A. Kvale CFA, CFP
Founder of J.K. Financial, Inc.
A Dallas Texas based fee only
Financial Planning Total Wealth
Management firm.
www.jkfinancialinc.com
www.street-cents.com
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