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Oct25Almost exactly six years ago the Federal Reserve launched an unconventional program of buying bonds to rescue a faltering economy. Since then, the Fed’s balance shee
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Oct23It’s National Estate Planning Awareness Week, which means it’s time for me to nudge you to “do estate planning”. I received great feedback when I publi
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Oct19October, month of crashes, has brought out the bears. It has been three long years since the broader indexes have seen downside moves of 10 percent and just like…
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Oct19After a volatile period in the markets, it’s time to focus on things you CAN control, like the expenses you pay for investment management. MarketRiders.com an
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It’s parents’ weekend at many colleges all over the country, a perfect time for career expert, Sheila Curran of The Curran Consulting Group (CCG) to join
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Oct07Americans are worried about retirement…very worried. According to a recent survey from Wells Fargo and Gallup, despite recent gains in the economy and the financial
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Oct04The economy bounced back and created a better than expected 248,000 jobs in September and upward revisions for the previous two months amounted to an additional 69,000
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What better way to celebrate Financial Planning Week than to have special guest Kevin Keller, the CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards join the sh
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Oct01Last month, I had the privilege of interviewing productivity guru David Allen, who wrote a seminal work on the topic called “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-F
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If you don’t consider cash an asset class, you should! Our guest Gary Zimmerman of MaxMyInterest.com explains his cool new service is like “Uber for cash&
Financial Tip of the Week
The first nine months of the year were relatively peaceful, but recent volatility has prompted some to wonder what to do now. If you are tempted to sell everything because you think that markets are going even lower, remember there’s a big catch.
Even if you knew that stocks were going to plunge another 10 percent and sold, how would you know when to get back in? That’s why timing the market is so hard and more importantly, why it should be avoided at all costs.