The Weekly is early this week, and you know why. Markets look as if they might experience some heavy volatility, on the heels of a shocking presidential election result. The …
A 108-Year legacy – Wow.
The Cubs win! The Cubs win! In what will likely be described for years to come as one of the greatest baseball games and series of all-time, the Chicago Cubs …
The Election And The Stock Market
I’ve avoided writing about the election as long as I can; not because it’s not important, but because it’s political, and impossible to accurately predict such things. However, this is …
Love Is A Verb – Planning For Caregivers
My grandmother, Mary, passed away last week at the age of 99. A kind, service-oriented woman who packed two lifetimes into her one, she exemplified what it means to have …
What Is The ‘Fourth Dimension?
What’s in a name, really? Your name certainly means something to you, and to the people or person who named you. For example, my name, Adam, has a few meanings: …
10 Ways To Improve Your Family’s Future, Starting With You
I rarely, if ever, play re-runs of my writing. TV shows often do it, and so do radio programs. I’ve chosen to create new content each week, until today. You …
2 Ways To Estimate Retirement Expenses; One Fast, One Slow
Retirement Planning done well should feel like a state of flow. Money flows in, money flows out; the rate of this flow is determined by your chosen lifestyle. Ideally, your …
Stock Market Teeter-Totter Relationship With Interest Rates
A perfect summer day as a kid may have included the combination of a friend, an ice cream cone, and a teeter-totter. Push up, fall back down…over and over without …
The Pension Lump Sum Decision We All Must Make
A trend over the past few years has been for companies to offer their more seasoned employees, who are part of a traditional pension plan, to accept a lump sum …
Special Guest Article: Protecting Your Beneficiaries
This week, I’m passing the mic to our good friend and estate planning attorney, Richard Chamberlain, of Chamberlain Law Group. He discusses a topic that we all need to be …