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Market Commentary – February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Many stock markets around the world moved higher last week. Investors’ optimism in the face of economic headwinds has confounded some in the financial services industry. Laurence Fletcher...
Market Commentary – February 10, 2020
February 10, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Last week, major U.S. indices posted strong gains. That’s welcome news, but the drivers behind share price appreciation appear to have little to do with company fundamentals. Fourth...
Market Commentary – February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Prepare yourself. There is a good chance markets will be volatile in the coming weeks.Precautions designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus may also slow Chinese economic growth and,...
Market Commentary – January 27, 2020
January 27, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Markets hunkered down last week.News of the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China unsettled investors around the world. The respiratory infection is related to severe acute respiratory...
Market Commentary – January 21, 2020
January 21, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth The new trade deals are here! The United States and China signed a preliminary trade deal last week. The next day, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was approved by the Senate....
Market Commentary January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth It was a nerve-wracking week.Iran fired 22 ballistic missiles at the Ain Al Asad air base near western Iraq and a second base in northern Iraq following last week’s U.S. drone strike that...
Market Commentary – January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth About face!2019 was a remarkable year for investors with many asset classes delivering positive performance. Both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, a gauge of U.S. stock market...
Market Commentary – December 30, 2019
December 30, 2019Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth 2019 will be a hard act to follow.Investors may find themselves reluctant to ring out the old and ring in the new this week. During 2019, stock and bond markets delivered exceptional...
How Do You Celebrate the New Year?
From early Babylonians to present-day Americans, people have been celebrating the beginning of every New Year for almost four thousand years!1 Here are a few ways people celebrate the holiday in the United States:2 61 percent of American adults say a...
Market Commentary – December 23, 2019
December 23, 2019Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Let’s hear it for 2019!Major stock indices in the United States and overseas are poised to deliver double-digit gains for the year. Even with uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the...
Market Commentary – December 16, 2019
S&P 500, Dow Jones Global ex-US, Gold, Bloomberg Commodity Index returns exclude reinvested dividends (gold does not pay a dividend) and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized; the DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index does include...
Market Commentary – December 9, 2019
December 9, 2019Our Mission Is To Create And Preserve Client Wealth Ahh, the power of distraction.On Friday, the unemployment report flashed its numbers like a hair model in a shampoo commercial. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 266,000 new jobs...
Market Commentary – December 2, 2019
It’s a shopping revolution!Sometime, probably not so long ago, comedian Dave Barry wrote, “Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”Not so much...
Questions To Ask A Financial Advisor
The recent volatility in the stock market has again become a wake up call to many investors.
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Advised Brokerage Accounts Are Better Diversified, Reports Schwab
The report highlights the benefits of working with an advisor. In general, participants who had professional help were more diversified across all of their holdings
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Where is Your Best Place to Retire?
The best place to retire in the United States is in dispute. There’s no formal debate, but a review of reliable publications showed surveys have named different states and cities as the “best” place to retire.
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Documenting Your Possessions in Case of Disaster
It’s better to protect yourself now and document your possessions rather than trying to do it after something has happened. A home inventory will give you an accurate recording of your assets for insurance purposes and give you a better idea of how much homeowner’s insurance you need to ensure proper coverage.
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Unused Vacation Days Can Be Costly
Would you give up a share of $62 billion? If your answer is no, then you may be a member of the relatively small group of Americans (36 percent) that takes all of the vacation days available to them each year.
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Red Flags for Tax Auditors
No one wants to see an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) auditor show up at his or her door. The IRS can’t audit every American’s tax return, so it relies on guidelines to select the ones most deserving of its attention.
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Six Steps To Financial Independence For Women
Financial independence: Whether you enjoy it or dream about it, it’s a common term that you’ve probably seen in magazine ads, TV commercials and billboards. But what really does financial independence mean, exactly?
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Understanding Credit Reporting
To qualify for the best loans at the lowest rates, borrowers must qualify financially and are scored by lenders using a computerized model for evaluating credit risk, developed by Fair, Isaac, and Company, known as the FICO score. Learn more
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Organizing Your Financial Records and Emergency Forms
Would someone be able to find your important papers during a crisis if you became ill, injured, or incapacitated? It’s a good idea to make sure a trusted family member or friend knows where to find your personal documents.
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5 Benefits of Working in Retirement
In the past, retirement has been portrayed as an ending, a grand exit from your years in the workplace. But the rules are shifting.
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The Drawback Of Target Date Mutual Funds
If the majority of fund management won’t even invest in their own target-date retirement funds….why should you?
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Just How Safe Is An Insurance Company, Really?
When you think about the car you drive, the house you live in, the health plan you use and the life insurance policy you have, it’s not a stretch to say insurance is an intrinsic part of our daily lives.
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Credit Freeze - You should consider it!
It’s been over a year since Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting agencies in the U.S., revealed they’d been hacked.
What did you do to protect your data?.
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Should Parents Pay for College Tuition?
It’s a pricey question.
College Board estimated the average cost for full-time, in-state students who live on campus at four-year public colleges or universities during the 2017-18 school year is $25,290.
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Just Say NO to Pie Charts!!
Pie charts look nice coming out of a color printer, but they can’t help manage investment risk
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An Investment Advisor’s Blueprint To Making Solid Financial Decisions
A common mistake people make is to give up what they want most for what they only want right now. Pick which goals in your life are most important to you, and make achieving those goals your utmost priority. Then…
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Enjoy Life. Hire Someone To Watch Your 401K
Have you ever thought you’d be happier if you could just pay someone else to do watch your company 401K retirement plan account?
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The 7 Rules of Investing
From 1977 through 1990, Lynch ran one of the most successful mutual funds ever, posting an average annual return of 29%.
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Considering A 401K Rollover?
What to do with an old 401K?
One great thing about a 401K retirement savings plan is that your assets are often portable when you leave a job.
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Have You Checked Out Our Retirement Planning Library?
While retirement planning can seem intimidating, it’s never too early or too late to start preparing for the future.
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Common Financial Terms
We have compiled a list of important financial terms. If you don’t speak personal finance, don’t worry—we’re here to help.
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Operation Valentine
To some people, the practice of exchanging valentines is great for children in elementary school, but it’s hardly something for adults. Right?Well, one of the toughest, most resilient men you’ll ever meet doesn’t think that valentines are silly. And he...
Where is Your Best Place to Retire?
The best place to retire in the United States is in dispute. There’s no formal debate, but a review of reliable publications showed surveys have named different states and cities as the “best” place to retire. For instance: Iowa was #1 in a best places to...
Looking at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the financial markets
By now, you’ve probably heard about the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan. As of this writing, there have been about 2,900 confirmed cases, with over 80 deaths.1 Most cases have been within China itself, but the virus has spread to a small...
Keeping focused on our New Year’s resolutions
featuring the Aesop fable, “The Dog and His Reflection.” As you know, this is a time of year when many people make New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight, stop smoking, save more, learn a new skill, get more sleep, visit a new place, get finances in order,...
Nine Vince Lombardi quotes and how they apply to your life
and how they apply to your life! Happy New Year! We hope 2020 is a great year for you, and the start of an even greater decade! Fifty years ago, Vince Lombardi coached his last football game. Lombardi is universally recognized as one of the greatest...
Things Financial Advisors Don’t Tell You – The importance of prioritizing your goals
S&P 500, Dow Jones Global ex-US, Gold, Bloomberg Commodity Index returns exclude reinvested dividends (gold does not pay a dividend) and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized; the DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index does include...
The Decade in Review
2010-2019: The Decade in Review Every January, we send our clients a letter titled The Year in Review, where together we look back at the year that was. What were the highlights? What were the “lowlights”? What did we learn? But this January doesn’t just...
Breaking down the SECURE Act
What You Need To Know About The SECURE Act In December, Congress passed a new bill called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, aka the SECURE Act. Besides proving that Congress can make an acronym out of almost anything, the bill...
The Story of Operation Christmas Drop
We recently came across a story that, to us, is a perfect example of what this holiday season is really all about. We thought you might like to read it, too. As you know, this is the time of year when children feverishly craft their wish lists, and dream of the...
How several boys learned that the holiday season is a time for giving, not getting
We recently came across a story that, to us, is a perfect example of what this holiday season is really all about. We thought you might like to read it, too.As you know, this is the time of year when children feverishly craft their wish lists, and dream of the...
What’s the Best Gift this Holiday Season?
You’ve probably never asked your adult children and younger relatives whether they have security software on their computers and devices. Why would you? They’re digital natives, born with keyboards under their fingertips. It may be time to ask. In an...
Understanding Credit Reporting
Historically low interest rates present a welcome opportunity for many homeowners to improve their financial situation by refinancing their mortgage. But, like everything else in the world of finance, there are no free lunches. To take advantage of these...
A preview of the SECURE Act
A preview of the SECURE Act, a new retirement bill out of the House of Representatives. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a new bill called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, aka the SECURE Act. (Acronyms...
