While looking at some research on the Stanford Center on Longevity website, I came across an interesting white paper with the wordy title: Beyond Defaults:Using Behavioral Economics and Psychological Science…

The March blog post offered a scenic tour of GDP, and why it’s an important economic measure for investors. Let’s continue the economics theme with inflation, which also gives us a…

This blog may help you not avoid this topic if it comes up at a cocktail party, and you may become a little more comfortable with a concept typically wrapped in…

When considering the big purchases in life, such as homes and cars, we typically spend time shopping, doing research, evaluating the pros and cons of different options, and carefully scrutinizing…

It’s Been an “Interesting” Year! Coming into 2018 the stock market was still chugging along with the momentum of a steady bull market bolstered by corporate tax cuts; however, the…

In thinking about this blog post I considered writing about “investment containers.”  People will often say “I have mutual funds”, “I have an IRA”, “I have a 401(k)”.  Which is…

Retirement dreams, retirement planning, and retirement saving are all related, but this mental crossroads is challenging and often compartmentalized. You may love to dream about being retired, but the planning…

We’re half way through 2018, which is a great time to take a look at where we are and where the rest of the year may take us. As you’ll…

When we talk about investments we usually focus on the stock or bond markets, and how things like our retirement accounts are doing. The money that often gets overlooked is…