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Many of my clients ask me how they should track their investments. I also see similar questions on some blogs or Facebook groups as well. I even used to “track” my investments as [...]

INVESTMENT RISK IS THE IDEA THAT YOUR INVESTMENTS WILL SUFFER LOSS.   Your losses could be small or big.  They could be over quickly or occur over a long time.  Losing money on your investments, [...]

DO YOU HAVE “EMERGENCY” MONEY?  Many people do.  This is money that you can get your hands on quickly.  Maybe not in an instant, but possibly a day or two; or week or two; or even in [...]

WE’RE ALL AGING.  Time is relentless.  It keeps coming and going – all the time!  You’re now 1 second older than you just were a moment ago.  Did you make the most of that [...]

This is a story from John Morrow of the Twin Cities.  John and his wife Megan recently assessed how they stand financially for their future and evaluated their investments as well.  They were [...]

ARE YOU SAVING FOR RETIREMENT SO YOU CAN VISIT SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND BREATHTAKING PLACES IN THE WORLD?  Take a few minutes and check them out. Pretty amazing aren’t they? [...]

MANY DAYS, MY WORK INVOLVES INTERACTING WITH EMPLOYEES AT THEIR WORKPLACE.  As an adviser to employer-based retirement plans, I help people enroll in their plan and then provide ongoing guidance [...]

WHEN YOU’RE READY!  While it may seem obvious that we would all benefit from having an ongoing financial plan throughout our lives, many people don’t have one. Some have never gotten [...]

Many of the most successful retirement plan stories are just regular people who have done the right things throughout their life.  They are not celebrities and don’t lead glamorous [...]

IS THIS AN INTERESTING OR PROVOCATIVE QUESTION? When do people concede their hopes for the future? How does it happen?  Certainly how a retiree, or an aging person, views their future will have a [...]