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...

Inflation, Inflation, Inflation. It’s all that people in finance seem to be discussing these days. Like watching a car accident caught on...

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...

My first football practice in high school was nothing like a traditional football practice. There were no helmets or pads. No one was...

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...

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

Believe it or not, this will be my second crack at writing this article. After seeing the outrageous reactions that came from the...

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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...

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...

It is often reported in the financial media that Boomers are under-saving for their retirement years, and a significant portion of...

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...

Retirement: The land of hopes and dreams and peace and quiet and blissful adventures, right? For the Baby Boomer generation, retirement...

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...