Anthony Isola

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…

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

Be very discriminative in curating your information. Make reading our weekly retirement links a top priority.   On average, married households aged 65 and over spend only 2.1 % of their savings. A Wealth of Common Sense Don’t stick with your default savings rate. Vanguard There is always a reason to panic. Daniel Yerger It’s…

Markets Lack A Final Destination

We can only be happy, not become happy.  – Sam Harris The crux of our joy deficit is we crave permanent bliss in a world of change. Denying reality leads to an epidemic of dissatisfaction. Our conventional sources of glee are unreliable. Shifting conditions guarantee disappointment, and clinging to a pleasant experience always fails. The…

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

Every person is a process. The same applies to your retirement plan. Start your journey right by reading this week’s terrific links. Too many Americans aren’t saving for retirement. A Wealth of Common Sense Why do Italians live longer than Americans? Livology The price of admission. Bilello Blog How to grow old the right way….

What’s In The Center Of Your Portfolio?

Don’t confuse easily measured things with importance. Is it fair to assume that a person living in a million-dollar home in the suburbs has an enviable existence? Maybe Home value doesn’t equate to a superior quality of life for many. Despite all the perks and luxuries of suburban living, isolation is becoming the rule, not…

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

Don’t take ownership of all the world’s problems. Focus on things you can control, including reading this week’s terrific retirement links. Everything will be Okay. More To That Tune out the noise. The Big Picture A Healthy Correction. A Wealth of Common Sense Five important facts about your retirement plan. Getting Your Financial Ducks In…

Nasty Money

Life always finds a way. Nature is fantastic at devising numerous methods to continue the propagation of the species. Thermonasty is a case in point. In Long Island, where I live, many Rhododendrons populate the residents’ gardens. Rhododendrons are evergreen shrubs that bloom in large blooms of various colors in the spring. What’s interesting about…