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Americans moving past taboos about family financial planning, study finds

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Americans have historically been averse to discussing financial matters among family members, but a recent study by Fidelity Investments found that attitudes toward taboo wealth topics are shifting. Fidelity's State of Wealth Mobility study found that 56% of Americans didn't discuss family finances with their parents when they were children. Of that group, 82% wish that they had, because they think it would've been beneficial to have received a financial education at an earlier age. It also found that Americans' attitudes to those talks are changing, with 83% of respondents...

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