I got to thinking about this weekend’s Super Bowl. The predictions were that it was going to be a high-scoring affair due to the new emphasis on, and success of, offense. The Los Angeles Rams had the new offense focused approach with the young, offensive-minded head...
If you have read any literature on retirement planning or have received advice from a financial professional, chances are you were presented with the 70% rule, the one that suggests that retirees will need between 70 and 80% of their pre-retirement income in order to...
We finished 2018 with the S&P 500 being down 4.4%. In 2019 through Monday 1/21/2019, the S&P 500 is up 6.63%. Quite a ride 3 weeks into 2019! It brings to mind this chart that I discovered on social media…emojis and all! (click to chart enlarge- chart courtesy...
In a recent survey by JumpStart Coalition for Financial Literacy, only 26 percent of those between the ages of 13-21 said that they had been taught how to manage money. Yet, when they turn 18, kids are signing contracts for student loans, opening credit card accounts,...
John Clifton Bogle died January 16, 2019. Who is John Bogle? He founded The Vanguard Group (the second largest investment management company in the world) in 1975 and has been called the father of index investing. Fortune Magazine called him one of the four giants of...
