I Don’t Like Mondays…..When Is My Retirement

Retirement is less about endurance and more about urgency. You may not have as many years as you think you do. Read this week’s terrific links to learn more. Everyone needs a first decade retirement plan, A Teachable Moment. Four secrets for a happy retirement. Barking Up The Wrong Tree Holding a cash reserve in…

The First Decade Retirement Plan

Don’t let low-quality longevity overshadow your retirement. It’s not about how long you live, but about the quality of your life. Retirement investors should shift their focus from trying to create the perfect portfolio and spending rates to something called health-adjusted life expectancy. The simple explanation for this term is how long you will live…

Don’t Let The Days Go By…..When Is My Retirement?

Be thankful you have the opportunity to retire. Not everyone can say that. Explore our valuable links to enhance your retirement gratitude. The machines are coming for your retirement. A Teachable Moment Are things better than they seem? A Wealth Of Common Sense Anyone can get scammed. Abnormal Returns Retirement means losing your identity. The…

Profit Isn’t Protection

Investors obsess over stock market fluctuations while overlooking far more dangerous threats. We see this all the time: pandemics, climate change, and the 2008 Great Recession are all examples of market miscalculation. Today, everyone seems to be obsessed with the AI Bubble. Some have concluded valuations are in the stratosphere and expectations are far too high….

Every Day Is Like Sunday…..When Is My Retirement?

Living and living well are two different concepts. Make sure your retirement plan focuses on the right one. Read this week’s terrific links to learn more. Don’t waste retirement funds by overpaying for your child’s college costs. A Teachable Moment You will likely run out of health before running out of money. The Retirement Manifesto…

Prestige Sells

Feedback completes a reputable system. Despite what Socialists say, free markets work due to price action. Science functions in the same manner. Data determines the results of a hypothesis. Dysfunctional systems like crony capitalism, our corrupt political arena, and partisan echo chambers lack feedback, resulting in chaos and distrust. Our system of higher education falls…

I Don’t Like Mondays…..When Is My Retirement?

You’re not a machine. Don’t plan your retirement like a robot. Read this week’s retirement links and learn more. Net Worth doesn’t determine your self-worth. A Teachable Moment No, we are not going to have another 1929-like Market Crash. A Wealth of Common Sense Retirement is a sprint, not a marathon. The Retirement Manifesto The…

Rage Against The Machine

“We built the Machine to run the world for us. Now the Machine runs us.” Paul Kingsnorth We’re fighting a war we can’t win. The Machine is humanity’s ultimate enemy. Paul Kingsnorth sounds the alarm in his acclaimed book, Against the Machine. Several factors meld together, creating an unstoppable machine. Industrialization, Capitalism, Mass Society, automation,…

Everyday Is Like Sunday…..When Is My Retirement?

Don’t start planning your retirement without reading this week’s terrific links! Most people lack knowledge about how Social Security works. FA You are what you pay attention to. Derek Thompson Don’t let others set your expectations for you. More To That The most magical portfolio is boring. The Retirement Manifesto Read as if your future…

Literacy Is Your Investing Hedge

In a world where everyone’s scanning, you can stand out by reading. The reason involves supply and demand- Books are dying. Numbers don’t lie. James Marriott highlights the counterrevolution of non-readers in his thought-provoking piece, “The Dawn of the Postliterate Society.” In America, daily reading has plummeted by more than forty percent in the last…