Failure Is An Option
You may or may not know this about me, but I’m a huge movie buff. I love a good story, and the escape of a big screen blockbuster is one...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 8 min
Dear Bear Market Investors
When I was a freshman in high school, I decided to play football with the 9th grade team. I’ll admit now that I was doing it for personal...
- Apr 20, 2022
- 6 min
Inflation, Inflation, Inflation
Inflation, Inflation, Inflation. It’s all that people in finance seem to be discussing these days. Like watching a car accident caught on...
- Mar 15, 2022
- 13 min
Annuities: The Four-Letter Word of Finance
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to go headfirst into a topic that is extremely polarizing in the financial world–Annuities. In the...
- Feb 23, 2022
- 9 min
The Next 30 Years
“Let’s play old guys versus young guys,” I said to the group. I always like to watch the younger guys’ eyes light up when I utter this...
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Comfortably Uncomfortable
My first football practice in high school was nothing like a traditional football practice. There were no helmets or pads. No one was...
- Nov 10, 2020
- 4 min
2020 Jazz: Financial Plans Need Flexibility
Want to have a good laugh? I recently took a few moments to review my personal and investing goals for 2020. That’s right—I actually set...
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
The Peril of Market Timing
The coronavirus is still very much with us, as is much of the economic dislocation created by the resulting lockdowns. An interesting...
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
Process Is Paramount
Over the holiday weekend, I took up an activity that I hadn’t done in years. I worked on a jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle, a 600-piece global...
- Jun 12, 2018
- 7 min
Dear Retirement Investor, What If You’re Wrong?
Over the last several weeks, it has been a whirlwind of headlines from the financial media. Despite some very encouraging fundamentals in...
- Apr 19, 2017
- 6 min
The Problem With Tomorrow
I read a great article recently that was attributed to Jim Rohn, where he stated, “The problem with waiting until tomorrow—to do...
- Nov 23, 2016
- 5 min
Trump is President-Elect…Now What?
Believe it or not, this will be my second crack at writing this article. After seeing the outrageous reactions that came from the...
- Oct 27, 2016
- 8 min
Trump Vs. Clinton on Taxes
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- Sep 9, 2016
- 4 min
Can a Financial Planning Movie Win an Academy Award?
Is it possible for financial planning themes to be at the center of a critically acclaimed film? Most would say, “Not likely.” However,...
- Jul 12, 2016
- 15 min
5 Ways to Ruin Your Retirement
A special note from 2020–There is no shortage of opinions when it comes to how to prepare and plan for retirement. While I believe that...
- Feb 10, 2016
- 6 min
How to Stay Focused When the Stock Market Throws a Tantrum
The world of investing hasn’t been much fun since May/June of 2015. Last year, the stock market experienced its first real correction in...
- Nov 23, 2015
- 9 min
Should Your Kids Inherit Your IRA?
It is often reported in the financial media that Boomers are under-saving for their retirement years, and a significant portion of...
- Oct 27, 2015
- 4 min
Are You Lost in a Sea of Information?
One of the most difficult things about the internet is the constant deluge of information. I heard it said very recently that one of the...
- Jul 10, 2015
- 9 min
7 Reasons Why Clients Fail At Retirement
Retirement: The land of hopes and dreams and peace and quiet and blissful adventures, right? For the Baby Boomer generation, retirement...
- May 26, 2015
- 6 min
Can Your Retirement Survive a Low Return Environment?
What kind of retirement income can you expect if the stock market doesn’t produce the types of returns you’re anticipating? It’s no...
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