Selecting A Retirement Advisor: How Are Advisors Paid

Selecting A Retirement Advisor: How Are Advisors Paid Warning: This is a long series of posts about selecting the right financial advisor.  If you have no interest in financial advisors, how they work, or if they make sense for your situation then this series of posts...

Taxes Due In A “Down” Year?

Taxes Due In A “Down” Year? Why do I have taxes due in a year that I lost money?  Hi (name hidden of course) – I hope you are both well. Yes, as it relates to taxable gains/distributions on your 1099, 20XX was an unusual year.  But it will likely happen...

Randomness Of Global ‘Stock Market’ Returns

Randomness Of Global ‘Stock Market’ Returns   Across more than 40 countries, there are over 15,000 publicly traded companies. If you listen to the news, however, some countries may seem like better places to invest than others based on how their...

Approaching Retirement: Supercharge Your Savings

Approaching Retirement: Supercharge Your Savings If you’re approaching retirement there are a number of ways that you can reduce your taxes, increase your savings and accelerate your path to retirement over the next few months. Giving you’ll be going through the...

Retirement Planning Terms Report

Retirement Planning Terms Report     This post is for you, the soon-to-be retiree.  While there’s a lot to understand, digest and apply to our financial lives: budgets, savings, spending, health care, interest rates, the economy, social security, the stock markets,...