March 2020

What Are 3 Ways The Stimulus Package May Change Your Retirement Planning?

The $2 trillion economic relief plan passed on Friday impacts almost every layer of American life. Your retirement plan isn’t exempt. Here are three important components all workers currently saving for retirement and retirees need to know. Required Minimum Distributions are suspended for 2020 for IRA’s and workplace plans. This is important for a couple…

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

Don’t turn temporary losses in your retirement portfolio into a permanent condition.  Making decisions solely based on emotion is never a good idea. Take a breath and read this week’s terrific retirement links. How does a market crash impact retirees? A Wealth of Common Sense Three ways to find peace in a stressful time. More…

If Only……….

If only the markets didn’t crash, I would be happy. Really? Maybe stocks rebounding temporarily brightens your day but the underlying problem still exists. When the next inevitable downturn hits, the same reactive patterns violently reemerge. How do we stop our minds from perpetual hijackings? We need the right tools. I don’t mean diversification of…

Everyday Is Like Monday….When Is My Retirement?

During times of crisis do something productive that’s within your control. Reading this weeks’ terrific retirement links falls under this category. Don’t turn temporary losses into permanent ones. MarketWatch Insurers are pulling Annuity products off the shelves to protect themselves. InvestmentNews How to get help when Social Security offices close. The New York Times Too…

Student Loans Are In A Bull Market

Focusing on what you CAN control is key to getting through a health or financial crisis. Carl Richard’s outlines a terrific four-step action plan. Do Nothing. Find something you can control. Do something proactive and productive. Rinse and Repeat. Try focusing on #3. While the financial markets have been slammed, the bull is rampaging through…

The Birth Of Heroes

Every crisis serves a breeding ground for heroes. This one’s no different. Media images of people fighting over toilet paper and hoarding medical supplies are rampant. Charlie Bilello comments,  “but there will still be those who say that if they don’t hoard and everyone else does, they’ll be left with nothing.” Nothing more than polite…

Seven Ways To Manage Your Anxiety During A Market Crash

Who would’ve thought this could ever happen? We’re having the equivalent of a great depression style bank run on toilet paper. On a more serious note, some scary stuff is occurring. The world’s mobilizing for war against one of nature’s serial killers. The stock market entered its fastest journey into a bear market – EVER….

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

Don’t be selfish. Only travel when it’s absolutely necessary. On the plus slide, this gives you more time to read this week’s terrific retirement links. Why are so many Boomers in denial over the Coronavirus? VOGUE Don’t be scared into purchasing an inappropriate annuity. New York Times Avoid these three crisis strategies. Movement Capital Why…

How Does An Enlightened Investor Handle A Stock Market Crash?

How can investors free themselves from ignorance and misinformation? Most of us live in a world of our own creation – not reality. Relying on unreliable memories. Postponing things until conditions are more favourable. Removing the words ‘letting go” from our vocabulary. Perceiving things instead of observing them. Not realizing our egos are the true…

The Battle Is Getting Hotter…..When Is My Retirement

Your neighbours, family, and friends are most likely not experts in constitutional scholarship, infectious disease, or retirement planning. Read what the real experts have to say in this week’s terrific links. There are simple ways to get people to save more for retirement. A Wealth Of Common Sense Pension funds are being tested by this…