I do not hide the ball from my clients and prospective clients. I am more than straightforward with my advice about where to store their wealth since I even publish my recommendations. But there are dangers to being this overt and frank. One is the danger that my advice could be misconstrued or over-simplified. A (Continued)
I get asked “money” questions all the time. The most common query by far is: “I have some money in an old 401(k). Do you think you could do anything with it? It’s just sitting there and I don’t know what to do with it.” I hate that question. I have nothing against the person (Continued)
On my radio show today, the True Money Show on Veritas Radio Network, I departed from the topic of money and dedicated the whole show to Christmas. I titled the program “The Strange Gifts of Christmas.” You can listen to the whole show on the Veritas Radio Network site (look for the True Money Show (Continued)
Do you have an emergency fund? Is it large enough? When do you tap into it and how is it re-supplied? I ask these questions because, as I remarked in my book, “In all the years that I have practiced, I can safely say that less than 5 percent (probably less than 1 percent) of (Continued)
Though I have been away from writing and blogging for several months, Christmas always inspires me to send some message,whether good or bad, to those I care about . So here I go. Throughout my life, I have heard dozens of people say, “If I had a million bucks…” and then go on to describe whatever (Continued)
In the past I have focused on some false financial ideas surrounding Christmas. Today, I want to consider a true, but often overlooked, component of the season. Imagine for a moment that you are one of the shepherds “watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.” And imagine further that “an angel” appears while (Continued)
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When most of us hear the word “economy” we think of the national economy…and somewhat despair as we daily witness the news of its perilous state. Things are bad to be sure, however, even on the national level, the fixes are EASY to start if we but had the will to do so. For example, (Continued)
There’s a saying in the investment world that the perma-bears and perma-bulls, that is those who are always predicting a market decline or run-up, are bound to be right every now and then. I guess that’s the investment world’s variation of: Even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and then OR Even a (Continued)
In Nelson Nash’s book, Becoming Your Own Banker, he mentions 4 “human problems” that would cause the system to fail. Now the “system” was how to grow one’s wealth. So who would want that to fail? Of course the answer is no one, but oddly, many people do indeed fail to increase their savings via (Continued)