Do You Want to Gamble with Your Nest Egg? If you ever visit Las Vegas, you may hear the legend of the Man in the Green Bathrobe. While it’s probably just local lore, it makes critical points about retirement planning. A man and wife...
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The “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” (SECURE) Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives last May, passed the Senate a few days ago in December 2019, and then was signed by President Trump. It is among the few bipartisan bills that have...
Free Advice is Worth Every Penny. A weathered sign hangs in our local mechanic’s garage: We offer three kinds of service – GOOD, CHEAP, FAST. You can pick any two: GOOD service CHEAP won’t be FAST GOOD service FAST won’t be CHEAP FAST service...
Investors have a fascination with predictions. Look at the financial media. Turn on any television show, listen to any radio program, or pick up any magazine, and you’ll see there’s always someone trying to predict future stock prices. It doesn’t pay to listen. As...
Similar to today, the Roaring 1920s saw rapid technological change with cars and electricity. This created a farm surplus as fewer horses consumed less feed. Prices fell, and farmers complained of foreign competition. Herbert Hoover promised higher tariffs in his 1928 presidential campaign. He...
This week marked the 307th time that the Dow Jones index fell 3% or more in a single day when reviewing historical market data. The chart above displays the Dow Jones Industrial Average going back to 1920, and the daily percentage change in each...