by Christopher | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter August 5th 2021 One item that I’ve seen in the news a lot lately (right before I lose interest, I might add) is the Britney Spears conservatorship battle. I can’t say this is a story that interests me very much. But it actually has some...
by Christopher | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter July 29th 2021 There has been a lot of research done by academics saying that it’s impossible to consistently beat the market by actively trading. Personally, I think they are right. But I don’t think that is what many retirees are...
by Christopher | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter July 22nd 2021 Perhaps the best book on passive, low-cost, index fund investing is Burt Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street. He makes the case that buy-and-hold is generally the way to invest over the long-term. But he also includes...
by Christopher | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter July 15th 2021 I recently came across an article on InvestmentNews titled “4 conversations to make retirement more fulfilling for your clients.” And I had a few thoughts on it. The 4 topics are: 1. How will you take care of...
by Christopher | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter July 8th 2021 I had a chance to discuss some of the important fundamentals of Social Security with Keith Armbrecht on his YouTube channel recently. You can check it out by clicking here. FYI: He specializes in Medicare and has...
by Christopher | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter July 1st 2021 If this guy cheats death I wouldn’t be surprised at this point. Death and taxes are the two inevitable things in life. But it looks like one of the founders of PayPal, Peter Thiel went a long way in avoiding a lot of...
by Christopher | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter June 24th 2021 We’ve been experiencing shortages of various items this year and some last year. And for various reasons. For instance, the biggest shortage issue that I’m facing now is chlorine tabs for my swimming pool. The cause? A...
by Christopher | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter June 17th 2021 A lady named Melanie Faithful was going through some of her books when she came across a copy of Little Men she had checked out from her Indiana library back in 1969 when she was a young girl. She had never returned it all...
by Christopher | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter June 10th 2021 I was reading in the news the other day about an artist who sold an “invisible” statue for eighteen-thousand smackeroos! And it got me to thinking about most retirees’ ultimate fear: running out of money in retirement....
by Christopher | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Retirement Now Newsletter June 3rd 2021 A while back I read a story about a Bitcoin owner who couldn’t access the keys to his wallet that held about 7,000 Bitcoin. And I couldn’t help but see the parallels with his story and what many people worry about when it...