Beware: I’m going to get existential for a moment. I’ll be quick about it. Beginning in 2007 and through 2009, I found myself having a particular conversation about money with …
Death Of A Salesman (or an Advisor) …and Baby Update
As a retirement-focused advisory firm, Fourth Dimension has a unique role in helping families plan their financial life to the last dollar. This means we’re helping people put plans together …
Does Cash Buy Happiness?
There have been a number of recent studies completed to determine what makes us happy. In several studies, it was concluded that quality relationships are most important in determining levels …
Who Will You Be 5 Years From Today?
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the idea that whatever I chose to do at that very moment could change my life forever. I’m not talking about …
Diversification: Always Something To Celebrate (And Apologize For)
This may feel like an old, well-worn topic, but please bear with me; I hope to present a new twist. Diversification is a time-tested way for investors to manage the …
Investing Insights
by Stephen L. Hanley Chartered Portfolio Manager® and owner of Evergreen Wealth Management, Stephen Hanley, assists many of our clients through customized portfolio solutions and sophisticated investing strategies. Each quarter …
An Excerpt from Advance – Your Guide to 401K Wealth Building
I’ll bet there are a lot of families we serve that aren’t aware that Fourth Dimension provides retirement plan services to a number of businesses and non-profit organizations across the …
The only constant thing in our lives is change.
by Richard Chamberlain Most people already understand that regular maintenance is necessary with almost any item, to avoid major problems and the potential for much higher expense down the road. …
Retirement Success: The Forced Savings Solution
If you were to ask retirees what was the single biggest factor in their ability to retire, the answer might lie in the fact that they began saving early, saved …
Edition #108
It dawned on me that the 2nd anniversary of writing the Fourth Dimension Weekly Newsletter (the ‘Weekly’) must be near, so I went back into the archives and looked. Nope, …