Social Security and COVID-19: 5 Things You Should Know
We’re more than halfway through 2020 and one thing is abundantly clear – the Coronavirus is just as much a financial crisis as it is a health crisis. Millions of Americans have watched their nest eggs dwindle due to stock market declines, layoffs and furloughs. This crisis has affected us all, but anyone retiring in the next year or two is especially vulnerable as they prepare to pull from retirement accounts and collect Social Security. When conducting a financial analysis […]
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Date: July 20, 2020
How to Tell a Good Financial Advisor from a Bad One
Using a bad financial advisor is worse than having none at all, for they can destroy your wealth and jeopardize your financial future. On the other hand, you can significantly benefit from the recommendations given by a good financial advisor. For this reason, when finding a professional financial advisor to work with, it’s important to know what to look for. While their title might be the same, financial advisors are not created equal. As a fee-only fiduciary financial advisor in […]
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Date: July 13, 2020
3 Common Retirement Planning Mistakes
An American Institute of Certified Public Accountants survey of more than 1,000 adults found the following: 49 percent are not confident about how they will finance their retirements 29 percent said they’re not sure they’d reach their retirement goals 20 percent said they don’t think they will ever reach their retirement goals Even if you’re successful and cash flow is not a worry now, things may feel different when you stop receiving that paycheck or you sell your business, and […]
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Date: June 22, 2020
Top 5 Tips for Financial Fitness in 2014
Here is the link to my segment on Fox 61 in CT, Top 5 Tips for Financial Fitness in 2014 http://foxct.com/2014/01/23/morning-extra-tips-to-get-financially-fit-in-2014/
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Date: January 26, 2014
3 Indicators That Can Tell You the Market’s Next Move
On Monday, I was in the city spending some time with my friends at Yahoo Finance. As always, I thank them for their hospitality and Jeff Macke for the engaging conversation. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/3-indicators-tell-market-next-move-115923205.html With the volume and velocity of information out there, trying to get a read on the stock market is like attempting to get a sip of water from a firehose. Thankfully Paul Schatz of Heritage Capital has three ways to check the health of the market and durability […]
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Date: July 5, 2012
What would Thomas Jefferson Say to the Architects?
The latest Street$marts is out, “What would Thomas Jefferson Say to the Architects?” http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120625.pdf Topics in this issue include a little known, but important economic indicator, the latest pullback in stocks and where gold is headed.
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Date: June 26, 2012
Who Do You Trust?
The latest Street$marts has just been posted! http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120605.pdf
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Date: June 13, 2012
Can You Trust the Experts?
One story related by Peter L. Bernstein in “Against the Gods: the remarkable story of risk” was the experience of Kenneth Joseph Arrow, an American economist and joint winner of the 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Some officers had been assigned the task of forecasting weather a month ahead, but Arrow and his statisticians found that their long-range forecasts were no better than numbers pulled out of a hat. The forecasters agreed and asked their superiors to be relieved […]
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Date: June 6, 2012
The Facebook Fiasco… A Guide of How NOT to IPO
Here is the latest Street$marts with a detailed article on the bust that is Facebook. http://www.investfortomorrow.com/newsletter/CurrentStreet$marts20120525.pdf
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Date: May 29, 2012
The Most Unloved Investment
Last Wednesday, I participated in an interesting discussion on CNBC’s Closing Bell regarding what I consider to be the most “unloved” investment. Most continue to scratch their heads as to why they haven’t cratered with the trillions of the dollars our Fed has created over the past few years. But there are bigger stories at play. For years, most have thought that inflation would really kick into high gear, but that certainly hasn’t happened. You may have seen it at […]
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