I’ve been a financial advisor for almost 30 years now, and in that time I’ve seen a lot of people make a lot of mistakes.

Oh, why not? This is the time of year that supposed experts are making predictions on what will happen in 2016 for everything from hemlines

So the Federal Reserve finally got off the fence and raised rates. About time! For clients we meet with regularly, you’ll finally stop hearing us

The Fed is continuing to send out signals that interest rates will be rising here in mid-December. “Lift off,” they are calling it. It may

When I started in this business over 22 years ago, most people were excited about investing in U.S. stocks. If we suggested adding international stocks

Our grandson, Declan, is very much about 2 years old and very much into trains. Especially Thomas, a blue train engine. So in Declan’s vocabulary, trains are known as “Ta-Ta.” There are “blue Ta-Ta’s” and “red Ta-Ta’s” and even “gray Ta-Ta’s.” In Declan’s world right now, the trains are always moving. That is not the case for the real trains.

Retirement may be defined as working without pay as a volunteer, but working and contributing nonetheless. Retirement has had many faces over the generations. I wonder what it will look like for my grandchildren?

Energy has been the buzzword for quite a while now. Where will we get the energy to power the needs of the world? Can we

Spring is here and that means one thing, it’s wedding season! I have a few weddings to attend this summer and it always takes me

At my Rotary Club meeting last week (April 15, 2015) a member exclaimed that we’re singing God Bless America today because today is the day