Yes, equity markets can be volatile and scary at times. This is why we need to have a strategic plan for our capital.

I have had 1000s of conversations about retirement and retirement income planning. Here are a few things I can confidently tell you...

If we want to grow our purchasing power over time and not just maintain it, we have to invest accordingly.

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...

“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...

As I shared in Part 1, I love doing impromptu Q&A sessions during my workshops on retirement or financial planning. Just like attendees...

Click on photo to view webinar UNEDITED Webinar Transcript: Michael Baker  01:14 Thank you for everyone that’s going to tune in and watch...

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...

The coronavirus is still very much with us, as is much of the economic dislocation created by the resulting lockdowns. An interesting...

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...

Over the last several weeks, it has been a whirlwind of headlines from the financial media. Despite some very encouraging fundamentals in...

What a finish to 2017!  As unlikely as it may have seemed at times, the Republicans pushed through their tax legislation. I promised that...

I recently read a book by Andy Andrews that was titled The Little Things, and if you’ve ever read Andy Andrews, you know that his style...

I read a great article recently that was attributed to Jim Rohn, where he stated, “The problem with waiting until tomorrow—to do...

In my years of experience in working with people and their finances, I have heard so many different reasons why saving for retirement is...

Is it possible for financial planning themes to be at the center of a critically acclaimed film? Most would say, “Not likely.” However,...

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...

As long as we have people writing about personal finance, we will have people writing about the destructive nature of debt. It’s one of...

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...

(Original content written Friday, January 15th to VCA clients) As I was returning from my lunch meeting today, I was weighing out the...