Crush Your Financial Resolutions by Becoming Rather than Doing
Who doesn’t like a fresh start? The beauty of New Year’s Resolutions is that we all have an opportunity to fully commit to losing weight, getting organized, or finally saving more money at the turn of the calendar year. In fact, resolving to change one’s…
What to Make of the Black Friday Market Selloff?
Some investors cut short Thanksgiving festivities last week as financial markets sold off on renewed Covid concerns. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the latest Covid strain Omicron a “variant of concern”, leading broad market indices to post their sharpest single-day losses in months. This…
How to Avoid Financial Stress During the Holidays
Depending on who you ask, the holidays are either a season full of celebration and connecting with family and friends, or they’re a seasonal burden that adds to the never-ending stresses of life. A recent survey found that 88% of people believe the holidays are…
Early Retirement: Don’t Make these Five Mistakes
Handing in a resignation letter and walking away from an unfulfilling career may be one of the most satisfying acts in an individual’s life. By some measures, there are an increasing number of satisfied people in the world today. Indeed, recent accounts increasingly show that…
Four Ways to Set Your Retirement on FIRE
Retiring early is an aspiration that many individuals can get excited about. Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, in their best-selling book, “Your Money or Your Life”, arguably introduced the concept of early retirement to the mainstream culture decades ago. Today, thousands of individuals are actively…
The Executive Way: Treat Your Career Like a Sport
When thinking about your career, it might seem odd to make comparisons to a sport. But when you zoom out and look at the similarities, they’re more closely related than you may think. For example, a common problem many people face as they end their…
Mid-Year Outlook: Not Out of the Woods Yet
Investors have had good reason to celebrate this year, but is it truly time to let our guards down? Thanks to practical policy guidance, more than half of the US population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. Add to this the boost…
Inflation: An Insidious Threat Your Financial Independence Journey
Financial independence plans are coming under threat from inflation’s insidious rise. According to a government report, prices paid for everyday household items rose by 4.9% in May compared to a year earlier. Even when stripping out volatile components, like food and energy, prices were up…
Does Crypto Belong in Your Retirement Portfolio?
Life changing money. That’s what happened to John Ratcliff. In 2013 the software developer from Colorado purchased 150 Bitcoin. Today, his $15,000 bet is worth millions as the price of cryptocurrencies (crypto) skyrocketed. Another individual who also came into life-changing money this year is Vitalik…
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan: Will a Deal Get Done?
City streets had been flooded for hours before the hurricane made landfall in Louisiana on the morning of August 29, 2005. Levees all around New Orleans had collapsed, and by 5 a.m., the city’s largest canal, the 17th Street Canal, failed. Over 1,800 souls lost…
