It was a rough year for bracket-picking March Madness fans this year (there was not a single, un-blemished bracket among all the major sites), but the agony will soon be over with the Final Four crowing a champion Monday night and putting those busted-brackets and failed picks to bed [...]
What's the difference between a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA? Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are tools that many investors use to save for retirement. However, not all IRAs are created equal. The two most popular types of IRAs are the Roth IRA and the Traditional IRA. While both [...]
Agree Dwight...Experience really IS the best teacher I was just going to share a clip from one of my favorite shows "The Office" then I heard Dwight say "Experience is the best teacher." This phrase, when applied to investing, can be extremely valuable. If you've been [...]
As I'm typing this, the S&P 500, the broad market index that is used as the common test of "how the market is doing" is down about 14% in 2022. That's up from a low of around 23% back in June. Basically, 2022 hasn't been a great year in [...]
There’s a good reason so many athletes, entertainers and business people who made seven figures and higher suddenly find themselves filing for bankruptcy. Money mismanagement can eat through even the biggest bankrolls. Here are some specific threats to financial stability that people can avoid to help effectively manage their [...]
We did it this week...we officially crossed into Bear Market territory....another term for the broad market being down more than 20% from its peak. You've probably seen a scary bear or one like I used in the the blog banner above in a lot of articles talking about the [...]
No matter what you want to blame it on (Omicron variant, inflation, Ukraine, politics, UFO sitings, etc.), 2022 didn't get off to a very good start in January. We even moved into "a market correction" briefly before a small bump in the last two days of the month. [...]
Black Friday is sometimes the largest shopping holiday of the entire year. Millions of people typically shop in stores or online on Black Friday to score the top deals on must-have holiday gifts. While it may be easy to become overwhelmed by Black Friday deals, it is always [...]
Setting healthy financial goals is critical. Even more important is staying committed to those financial goals. Keeping yourself committed to your goals may be difficult, especially when times may be financially tough. But by staying on track and focused on your goals, you are more likely to get [...]
Anytime the market is one of the top stories in the news, I definitely get a few client questions in my email inbox. I think it's a great time to talk about what went on last week with GameStop and a few other stocks that many consider "speculative." So [...]
