A basic tenant of personal finance that can dramatically improve your money life is having a cash emergency fund. Its sounds so fundamental: put away some money for a rainy day. Yet so many people don’t do it. Perhaps because they don’t have a solid answer to a simple question: Why? It’s especially important for [...]
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Bond Prices at Nose-Bleed Levels – Public Jumps in With Both Feet
Investors continued to pour money into stocks last week, but piled even more cash into bonds, as exchange-traded funds made up of bonds saw their biggest weekly fund inflow on record. Even as the stock market rallied, taxable bond ETFs drew in a one-week record of $4.49 billion, led by an all-time high weekly take [...]
Obamacare – Pass on Insurance? – Train Wreck Coming
If the average family were to pay $10,000 per year for insurance, might they be better off keeping that money in a savings account and paying out doctor bills from that account and keeping whatever they don’t spend each year? What if you are diagnosed with a terrible disease? As of 1/1/14, at that time, [...]
SUMMER INTERNSHIP SEACH 2013!
With students entering into the final stretch of the spring semester many are still contemplating their options for employment this summer. Many students are still looking to land a summer internship. Although many young adults have already solidified their plans for the summer, many are still looking for the opportunity to land a summer internship. [...]
3 Questions to Help You Look Ahead
Another birthday came and went for me Tuesday and, as always, I spent quite a bit of time reflecting. I wondered at what age did I start spending more time thinking about memories rather than the my future. Am I really that old? When should I make my “bucket list”? I thought Jack Nicholson was [...]
Stock Market Roars Up – Use Logic Rather Than Emotion
The U.S. stock market just had a terrific first quarter. The S&P 500 index was up 10.0% over the past three months. My client portfolios were not up that much because they also own many other investment asset classes that didn’t advance nearly as much. For example, the bond market was flat for the quarter, [...]
3 Retirement Obstacles
Getting older just kind of happens. The next thing you know you’ve hit 50 and can’t believe you are that old. I won’t be there for another year, but already feel that way, especially when my son reminds me that I have been out of high school for over THIRTY YEARS! Many of my clients [...]
Another Silver Lining to Investing in an IRA
This is the time of year you will hear much about IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) This is because an IRA contribution is the last tax deduction you can still create for your 2012 tax return to make a pretax IRA contribution (provided that you not eligible for another form of retirement saving, ect 401k defined benefit [...]
Dow Hits All-Time Record – Looking Backward and Forward
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) closed just above its peak 5 ½ years ago, but as you will see below much has changed over that time. The Last Time The Dow Was Here (Oct. 2007) vs. Today: Dow Jones Industrial Average: Then 14164.5; Now 14253 Regular Gas Price: Then $2.75; Now $3.73 GDP [...]
How to Save Money While Getting Healthy
Earlier this month, I was reminded by a sports nutritionist how horrible soda is for your body and how critical water is to living a healthy life. The nutritionist mentioned that a lack of the ability to focus is a common symptom of dehydration and adversely affects kids at school and adults during their daily [...]
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A softer landing for life’s unexpected hiccups
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Bond Prices at Nose-Bleed Levels – Public Jumps in With Both Feet
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Why CFP® Certification Matters
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Assault on Gold
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Romney Wins – Then What?
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Do the Math – Big Ten Schools
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Use Life Insurance for Long Term Care (if needed)
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Post Election Economic and Investment Outlook
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