October 2023: Strategies for Avoiding Retirement Pitfalls
Retirement is a hard-earned destination, but often folks lose the "golden" sense of this season because they just aren't properly prepared for life IN this [...]
September 2023: Truth or Myth? Understanding Annuities
The world of finance is full of perceptions and misperceptions about annuities. As an overview, annuities are a broad category of financial instruments that is [...]
August 2023: Managing Your Finances as a Member of the “SANDWICH GENERATION”
Overview If you’re finding yourself toggling between caring for the needs of an aging parent and a child, you’re not alone. The Pew Research Center [...]
July 2023: The Graying of America – An Overview and a Reinvention
The "Graying of America" in general is a familiar megatrend: seniors are steadily dominating more of the US population. One startling statistic shares that on [...]
June 2023: How Retirees Can Weigh their Financial Health
It's time for a checkup. Retirees have doctor visits to review their health in a variety of ways: blood pressure, cancer screening, annual visits. Finances [...]
May 2023: How to Navigate Beneficiary Arrangements
End-of-life planning is no picnic, but the process is an important way to help minimize confusion and avoid potential conflict after the death of a [...]
Could Rising Interest Rates Put Your Retirement Income at Risk?
Finding Your Balance You're Almost There: RETIREMENT But as that date quickly approaches, you may begin to wonder if you’ll really have enough income in [...]
April 2023: Bank Confidence
In mid-March, regulators seized two banks on opposite coasts. Silicon Valley Bank (CA) and Signature Bank (NY). Learn More about Recent News While [...]
March 2023: The Effect of High Interest Rates and Diversification on Investors
Most of us are familiar with this saying: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Diversification is important, to be sure, but it's also [...]
February 2023: Which Financial Instruments are BEST?
Financial planners often get asked, "What is the best financial product?" One way to answer that is with a very familiar example. Let's say a [...]
