My Comments: Paranoia is an elusive thing. Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean there’s no one out there intent on putting you down. It’s much the same with the stock market. Just because we’ve not had a market correction now for almost nine years, it doesn’t mean there is one just around the corner. …
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Your 2018 Tax Guide
With all the recent attention from tax changes made by Congress recently, many of us are wondering how it will affect us. Here's something you might find is useful. Just remember I'm not licensed or qualified to give tax advice so this is information only. It comes from an insurance company called Athene. Technically, their …
Trump’s Looming Bust-up with China is Bad News for 2018
My Comments: Having more money to spend in retirement requires a delicate balance between living cautiously and making sure your funds are growing properly. If you stay alive, the money to pay your bills has to come from somewhere. All that is to say that global economics is going to play a role in your …
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Finding the Best Social Security Claiming Strategy – 3 Questions
My Comments: As you’ve heard me say many times, Social Security benefits have become an absolutely critical piece of the retirement income puzzle for most of us. If it’s not there to pay critical monthly bills, it’s there to allow us freedom of movement as we transition from the retirement go-go years to the slow-go …
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What should I do with the $300,000 I am about to inherit?
My Comments: What would you do if you just found out you were getting an extra $300,000? And to whom is this question posed? The article appeared in a news feed on my phone this morning as I was drinking coffee and getting ready for the day. You can find it HERE. I’m sharing it …
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Forecasting the Next Recession
My Comments: I may have retired from providing investment advice but I’ve not yet left the building. What happens in the world of money still interests me both professionally and personally. Attached to this post, by way of a link to a 12 page, downloadable report, is a projection from Guggenheim that says we’ll experience …
The Perfect Storm (Of The Coming Market Crisis)
My Comments: We do not live in a perfect world. Flaws are all around us. As responsible adults, we always try to make good decisions, and mostly we succeed. Until we don’t. If you expect to live another 20 or 30 years, the money you’ll need to pay your bills has to come from somewhere. …
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10 Social Security Terms To Know And Understand
My Comments: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! For those of you still not signed up and receiving monthly benefits, here’s some useful things to know. For those of you who attended my Social Security workshops, you’ll recall the acronyms that appear on every page. There's even a couple more here for you to learn. Maurie Backman - …
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President Trump and Tribalism
My Comments: Some of you will see this as a political statement by me and perhaps recoil from it. I hope not. We are in the midst of a national, if not global, re-evaluation of the values that underly society. On a personal level, I’m very troubled by Trump and how his values about life, …
Stocks for the Long Run? Not Now
My Comments: There is increasing uncertainty about the stock market. This uncertainty has been growing now for the past 3 plus years. The long term trends described below, coupled with historically low interest rates, suggest the next decade will be disappointing to most of us. This analysis comes from a Guggenheim Investors report published last …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 