WEEKLY QUOTE “Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” - Charles Schulz WEEKLY TIP If you are a new parent, you have 18 years to save for your child’s university tuition. Consider an opening an education account in which earnings can...
How can you prepare, financially, for the uncertainties? Wildfires, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, floods, earthquakes … there are many disasters, both man-made and natural, that could happen without warning. For many, preparedness is a way of life. If you’ve lived all your life on a fault line,...
The answer to that question varies per person. How much salary should you defer into a retirement plan? Ultimately, the answer is “however much your budget allows you to contribute”. The big-picture question, however, is whether you need to contribute more to your retirement savings in...
Investors in longer-term Treasuries could see some rocky road ahead. We have seen an epic “flight to safety” this spring. In April alone, $20.6 billion moved into bond funds, according to Lipper. In the same month, $12.7 billion left stock funds (which marked the 12th consecutive...
Investing timidly may shield you against risk ...