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Adam is a Financial Planning Nerd for Kitces.com, where he writes and speaks about topics related to financial planning. He previously worked at a fee-only financial planning firm in the Washington DC area and was a financial journalist earlier in his career. He has an MA from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from the University of Virginia. In his spare time, Adam can be found playing tennis, volunteering, and sharing his love of puns.