Market volatility can be frightening. Watching stock prices fall and interest rates rise is nerve-wracking, especially if most of your retirement funds are tied to investments. What should you do when the market is unpredictable? How can you protect your finances (and...
Before you make your next financial decision, take a minute to ask yourself, “Is this what I really want right now?” The right now part of the question is the key. Chances are your answer today is different than it would have been a few years ago, but that’s exactly...
Recently, the news has been full of bleak stories about the economy. Inflation is at record highs, the housing market is crazy, stock values are dropping, and there’s no end in sight. If you have wealth tied up in the stock market, reading these stories is...
When you’re making financial decisions, what do you base your choices on? How do you know whether your current budgeting and saving practices are enough for retirement? Without a clear vision of the future, you can’t really know if you’re making the right choices with...
A lot of traditional retirement planning advice is all about the future. The goal is to save as much as possible, maximize your retirement contributions, and find an investment strategy that offers the right combination of risk and reward. While each of these things...
“How much money is enough?” It’s something we hear all the time from our clients. And while this is certainly an understandable question, we don’t think it’s the right one. Asking how much is enough assumes that there are defined, objective values for what is a “lot”...