Supersize Your Social Security Benefits; Put Over $100,000 in Additional Lifetime Payouts in Your Pocket!
Part 3 of our 4 part series on getting the most out of your social security benefits. In the first two installments on social security...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Investment Expenses – Infographic
“Every dollar of investment expense is one less dollar you have available for re-investment and your future use.” Very few financial advisors volunteer complete, accurate...
A Decision Framework for Holding Long Term U.S. Government Bonds
Investors should only take risk if there’s a reasonable possibility of reward. In this article I examine the risk-reward trade-offs of 10 year U.S. government bonds....
Should Your Tax Expert Also Be Your Financial Planner? – upd Jan’15
Taxes can have a major impact on your financial planning and investment strategies. Consequently, your CPA® is a source of valuable information for minimizing your...
5 Reasons Why the Location of Your Financial Advisor Does Not Matter – upd Jan’15
Many of the best financial advisors are located in major cities. Millions of investors, who use the services of financial advisors, are located in smaller...
5 Major Retirement Decisions You Need to Make
As we enter the New Year some households ponder their retirement plans and how the rest of their lives are going to play out. Retirement...
Investor Myth: I Manage My Own Money
Paladin Research surveyed investors who claimed they managed their own assets. We were surprised to find, 81% of the time they were not actually acting...
10 Personal Finance Steps to Take in 2015
Let’s face it, after the holiday season spending spree is finished, most of us feel like our bank accounts are a bit lighter than we’d...
10 Financial Resolutions for 2015
According to a recent article in the Journal of Psychology, almost half of all Americans make a New Year’s Resolution. What do most of us want to do...
Want a Higher Return Pick a Cheaper Mutual Fund
When choosing mutual funds for our portfolio too often we get caught up in the returns of the fund while not asking ourselves the most...
