Profit From Your Current Spending Habits
I hear a lot of financial advisors recommending to their clients to get out of debt. In years past, though it has been a while, I heard another set of advisors heartily recommending the strategic use of leverage. Apparently the “debt” word had become so distasteful to the general public that the pundits had to (Continued)
I know this may sound strange coming from an investment professional, but I have come to HATE rate of return discussions. The way that most companies present investment “rate of return” to their prospective clients is generally so over-simplified and remote in time as to border on the ridiculous, if not in fact fraudulent. These (Continued)
What does financial planning mean to you? For most it is a periodic visit from a pushy life insurance salesman who never knows when to leave or an occasional visit from a relative, friend or classmate who seems to get out of the business as quickly as he got in. How has that worked out (Continued)
Blogger’s Note: This article was originally written in September 2009 as an email to clients. Here are a few excerpts from an article in this month’s Financial Planning magazine entitled: Better Than Nothing: Clients are piling up cash for both anticipated spending needs and future opportunities. But where do you put it? In the country (Continued)