President's message: Building research capacity

Abstract

For many of us, it seems like yesterday that we were enjoying the holidays-frantically shopping, opening gifts-, and making those New Yearʼs resolutions. Speaking of New Yearʼs resolution, did you know that 25% of Americans include financial planning in their resolutions?Suddenly, here we are in tax season. Many of us are collecting our receipts, preparing our tax returns, and dreading the tax deadline.Although we would like to forget it, tax season is upon us. As we prepare for the ever-persistent "season," we must stop and consider financial responsibility. Financial responsibility, the process of managing assets (monetary or otherwise) in a manner-both 94 | PORCHE