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

Not all stress is harmful. Exercise promotes positive health. Worrying about the Stock Market offers no value. Focus on what’s essential to your retirement plan by reading this week’s terrific links. Some Americans are using their 401(k) as an emergency fund. Sherwood Don’t let unforced errors ruin your retirement plan. The Big Picture Just because…

99 Problems

There are few certainties in life. 100% probabilities are a work of fiction. There is one thing I’m 99% certain of: the stock market will recover from its periodic spasms of mayhem. I’m no Nostradamus, claiming to possess clairvoyance over the future. My track record regarding many aspects of life is laughable at best. Let’s…

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

We are continually building a picture of reality. Read this week’s terrific retirement links to ensure your portrait is accurate. Never bet against America. The Irrelevant Investor A short history of tariffs. A Wealth of Common Sense The goal is a meaningful retirement, not a late or early one. Enterprising Investor Debt has quadrupled for…

Applying To College Just Became Harder

Applying to college is a confusing maze of non-transparency. Imagine signing a contract to purchase your home without knowing the final price. Scores of parents do this annually when paying for college with garish results. Unmanageable debt and school transfers leading to five years plus of tuition payments top the list of unintended consequences. How…

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

90% of everything is crap. Focus on the 10% that matters. Start filling your bucket by reading this week’s terrific retirement links. Despite what you hear, most stocks are doing fine. The Irrelevant Investor A how-to guide to a retirement account rollover. Getting Your Financial Ducks in A Row Don’t allow the disease of more…

Leave The Kids No Loans

Are we going backward, or are we going forward? In the” Good Old Days,” Robber Barrons devised a scheme for creating corporate feudal systems, making employees virtual indentured servants. Company scrip became a substitute for government-issued currency. Scrip was prevalent in numerous mining and logging camps before being outlawed in 1938 as part of the…