WEEKLY QUOTE“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” - Albert Einstein WEEKLY TIP If you own a house and have children, you should at least have a will, and preferably an estate plan. WEEKLY RIDDLE All around yet can’t be seen, has no throat but...
Shouldn’t it be rising with all this bond buying? Consumer inflation just hit a 50-year low. So indicates the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge – the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.1 Besides tracking consumer inflation, the PCE price index...
WEEKLY QUOTE “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” - Salvador Dalí WEEKLY TIP Consolidating your stray IRAs can mean fewer account statements, fewer account fees and less paperwork. WEEKLY RIDDLE At a stop sign on a rural road, there are two trucks in front of a...
A more positive view of the economy equals a big negative for Wall Street. The end is in sight for QE3. On June 19, the Federal Reserve let investors know that “easing without end” will eventually end, perhaps as early as mid-2014. Wall Street had anticipated...
WEEKLY QUOTE“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” - Aristotle WEEKLY TIP Give the quarterly investment statements you receive more than a glance. If there is a mistake, you have a chance to spot it now instead of having to find it later. ...
WEEKLY QUOTE“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” - Calvin Coolidge WEEKLY TIP A dollar available now is worth more than a dollar available in the future – not just because of long-term inflation,...
WEEKLY QUOTE“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” - Ray Bradbury WEEKLY TIP You can’t control what happens with interest rates or stocks in the future; you can control the amount you save for retirement. Boosting your personal savings ratio may bring you closer toward...
WEEKLY QUOTE“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.” - Eleanor Roosevelt WEEKLY TIP Remember that a major life event may mean a change in your retirement, tax or estate planning approach. WEEKLY RIDDLE There is a word that starts and ends...
WEEKLY QUOTE“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” - Roger Babson WEEKLY TIP What’s more important for a young couple: an emergency fund, or saving for a down payment on a home? The emergency fund gets the nod if your...
WEEKLY QUOTE“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank WEEKLY TIP Set aside a half-hour to organize your financial documents. It makes sense for tax season, and it makes sense all year. WEEKLY RIDDLE What should the...