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Move Over Florida, There is a New Retirement Hot Spot
Florida may not be the ideal location for retirement according to some new research from Bankrate. Based on tax rates, crime states, weather and health care, Bankrate has ranked all fifty states to find the best ones for retirees. Florida ranks 17th! Connecticut comes...
The Problem With Target Date Funds
In the last 10 years, the rise of target funds have become common options found in 401(k) plans. While many love the simplicity of the fund options, investors are giving up a lot of control. And in some cases, they do not even know what they own. That is setting...
Alternative Retirement Examples (Millennials, this one is for you)
Ask a 20 or 30 something about their vision of retirement and they often shrug. They can barely make ends meet now – how can they try to envision themselves in 40 years? Conventional wisdom suggests that they should save as much as they can. If they save enough,...
What Should You Do When Markets Are At All Time Highs
When markets reach heights like this, it’s a great time to evaluate your portfolio to see if you are invested correctly. Too often, investors wait for the market to decline before doing that analysis. That’s the worst time to reevaluate how you’re invested. Instead,...
Political Impacts on your Investments
Since Donald Trump was elected in early November, the US stock market has surged to new heights. We have fielded dozens of phone calls from clients asking how we are viewing this situation. Below is a summary of our thoughts: We believe this a tortoise vs hare race...
Why the Dow Jones Reaching 20,000 Is Not As Important As You May Think
The big headline the other day was news of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reaching 20,000 for the first time. It’s gathered headlines all over the world. I counted 13 articles in The Wall Street Journal about the Dow 20,000. Most of the mainstream media has...
Fake News and Your Investments
For readers of this blog, you know how I feel about financial journalism these days. The talking heads and the supposed experts we see on TV and read about in the news are doing a great job making people nervous and afraid to invest. It’s clearly having a negative...
What Happens When Your Retirement Plan Goes Awry
US News recently made several good points in the following article: When You Do Everything Right But Your Retirement Plans Go Wrong I would add that a financial plan should be reviewed on a regular basis regardless of what’s occurring in the market. The analogy we...
Critiquing a Financial Plan
The following article examines five young people and their financial plan (more like their lack of planning). They are then offered some preliminary advice about how to improve their situation. Unfortunately, in every case I found the advice to be overly...
The Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now
How many times have you seen that headline? How many times did it spur you to read an article and even take action? Well respected publications are famous for putting together these kinds of lists. The odd part is that every month, week, or even day that list changes....
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