With the market being up and down, one of the questions we hear all the time is: “what should I be investing in?” If you turn on the T.V, you’ll likely those pearly white teeth of Suze Orman (or someone like her). She is considered a “perfect 10″ by many folks, and even some T.V. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Budgeting & Money Management'
Do You Trust Your Financial Planner?
January 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Budgeting & Money Management, Insurance & Savings
How Do You Plan For Retirement When Lehman Brothers (And So Many Others) Are On the Verge Of Collapse? …Part 2.
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Budgeting & Money Management, Current Events, Retirement Planning
Before I can really give you a good answer to this question, we need to take a good, hard long look at how we, as a country, got into this mess. First off, I want to make it very clear that… The Free Market Did NOT Cause This Problem! This is rather easy to prove, [...]
Baby Boomers Have An Average of 3 Financial Advisers…Why?
January 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Asset Preservation, Budgeting & Money Management, College & Career Planning, Insurance & Savings, Investing, Retirement Planning, Wealth Creation
The number of boomers who have assets spread all around is “amazing,” says Robert Graham, CEO and president of RG Capital LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz.“They have an average of 3 financial advisors each.” By retirement, “some older people even forget what they have,” he continues. This always struck me as odd…because the reasoning most people give [...]
Inflation Is A Big Concern – More Than Saving Money?
January 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Budgeting & Money Management, Current Events
From the National Underwriter: NU Online News Service, May 20, 2008, 4:05 p.m. EDT Boomers and current retirees share a deepening concern about soaring costs. Pre-retirees and retirees also worry about protecting the value of their assets from inflation, having enough money to pay for long [...]
Mortgage Misconceptions – Simple Vs. Compound
December 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Budgeting & Money Management, Investing
Somehow my eyeballs landed on a few disturbing pages on the Internet and I started to wonder if this is the caliber of education being passed around by “do-it-yourselfers”. There is nothing wrong with trying to educate yourself and accomplishing your own financial goals…on your own. However, if you decide to do this, just make [...]