GDP for the Cocktail Party
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…
Shop Like You’re Buying a House or Car!
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…
An “Interesting” Year
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…
Why Are You Still Using Mutual Funds?
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: Hopes, Dreams & Fears
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…
A Midsummer Glance at the Markets
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…
Banks Aren’t for Saving Money
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…
Trade Wars? Give Trade Peace a Chance.
Last month the president announced tariffs on steel and aluminum, and this caught the markets by surprise (and it’s wasn’t the good kind of surprise). Let’s take a look at…
Well, That Escalated Quickly.
Over the course of a few short weeks the stock and bond markets went from a period of quiet, uninterrupted bliss to what now feels like complete chaos for investors….
