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 …
Summer 2017 Welcome Letter
Welcome to the Summer Edition of The Ultimate Guide For the Successful Steward, Fourth Dimension Financial Group’s newsletter. The Ideal Retirement? As you can imagine, retirement is discussed a lot around …
8 Ways to Maintain or Improve Your Lifestyle in Retirement
Approaching retirement age is an exciting time for most. The opportunity to spend more time doing the things you enjoy, and may have put off, leads many aspiring retirees to …
Back to the Basics: Fundamental Investing
by Stephen L. Hanley Through many years of experience working with clients and advisors alike, it’s become clear to me that many struggle with the fundamental concepts of investing. Investing …
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, …
The One Word Retirement Plan
If you had an opportunity to read last week’s article, I asked readers to share thoughts about their own experiences with planning for and living in retirement. If you’d like …
Spring Break
The kids have been off of school all week for spring break. Next week they’ll go back to school for a couple of months and then they’re off for the …
Is Self-Inflicted Pain The Key To A Vibrant Retirement?
Exercise, good nutrition, meaningful relationships…why do the experts keep telling us the keys to a vibrant and healthy life include so much effort? Can’t we just not exercise, eat whatever …