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January 2020
3 Things to Remember When Making a New Year’s Resolution
Everyone makes them, and few keep them. New Year’s resolutions can be a great way to trade in bad habits for good ones but can also feel more like a burden than a blessing. Some people take on too grand a goal to [...]
Concerns About Oil – Weekly Update – January 6th, 2020
The Week on Wall Street Stocks descended from record highs Friday, as traders reacted to a U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s top military officer. Oil prices rose more than 3% following the breaking news.[i] Wall Street benchmarks ended up having a sideways [...]
New Year, New Law: What’s in the Secure Act?
Donald Trump ended 2019 by signing a 2020 spending bill that includes the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act. It’s the biggest piece of retirement legislation to be passed in years and it will undoubtedly have a major effect on [...]
December 2019
The Year in Review – Weekly Update – December 30th, 2019
What Drove the Markets? Four factors influenced investment performance in 2019: a shift in U.S. monetary policy, the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, earnings, and the economy. Stocks reached record highs in 2019. The S&P 500 climbed above 3,000 for [...]
Will You Retire in 2020?
Once all the presents are all unwrapped and the tree is taken down, it’s important to think about the upcoming year and your future. Will 2020 be your retirement year? For some, retirement comes at a milestone. Maybe it’s 35 years on the [...]
3 Tips for Financial Health for the New Year
A recent Northwestern Mutual survey found that 41% of Americans are stressed about retirement planning, and 46% worry about outliving their savings.[1] And with 62% of Americans stressed about money in general[2], it’s surprising that only 28% of Americans will actually make New [...]
Budget Checkup: Tax Time Is the Right Time
Every year, more than 147 million Americans, just like you, file federal tax returns, according to the Tax Policy Center. Many of my clients often tell me how much they dread searching through their files to locate their mortgage, retirement, and investment account [...]
3 Tips for Traveling During the Holidays
“I’m traveling for the holidays.” Just those words can make blood pressures rise. Gridlock traffic, delayed flights, and crowded train stations come to mind. Add in high travel costs and making a trip during the holidays seems like a downright bad idea. But [...]
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