Experts say that healthcare alone could cost the average couple hundreds of thousands of dollars during their retirement. That high amount doesn’t even include other bills such as groceries, mortgage payments, and everyday living expenses. According to Psychology Today, the average life expectancy for...
Retirement is changing. There is a shift taking place on how we retire and who can help us get there. Gone are the days of working somewhere for 40 straight years and leaving with a pension to live on. Life is happening now, and...
Staying the Course Investors tend to see short-term volatility as the enemy. Volatility may lead many investors to move money out of the market and “sit on the sidelines” until things “calm down.” Although this approach may appear to solve one problem, it creates...
The last two months have brought continued market volatility to both stocks and bonds. It can be hard to stomach at times, yet it’s also expected. The long-term investor knows that markets on average, go up 7 out of 10 years, historically. Your financial...
Over the weekend, a relative asked, “Are we in a bear market?” I answered his question with, “What do you think a bear market is?” He rattled off a few comments about the economy, and the market being down the last couple of weeks. ...
Job numbers were released earlier this month, and it was another month, 92 consecutive months to be exact, of positive job creation in the U.S. economy…hip, hip, hooray! The good news is that unemployment is down to a near-record low of 3.8%. The not...
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