Is Financial Advice Worth a Fee?

Is Financial Advice Worth a Fee?

by | Jan 1, 2017 | Asset Allocation, College Planning, Debt & Mortgages, Education Planning, Estate Planning, Family, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Personal Finance, Retirement Income, Retirement Planning, Risk Management, Work

Originally published at Business Insider – Oct. 2016 – Click HERE! A financial adviser explains what everyone gets wrong about paying for money advice — and why it’s worth it in the long run One hot trend in financial services advertising is to suggest that only...
Inflation and Higher Interest Rates

Inflation and Higher Interest Rates

by | Dec 6, 2016 | Debt & Mortgages, Economic Policy, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Investing, Monetary Policy, Personal Finance, Politics & Law, Uncategorized, Weekly Commentary

We are flirting with higher interest rates. Last week, yields on 10-year Treasury bonds rose to a 17-month high of 2.44 percent, reported The Wall Street Journal, before retreating to finish the week at about 2.4 percent. As we’ve mentioned previously, some experts...

Rates are DEFINITELY Going Up… at Some Point… in the Future

by | Aug 25, 2016 | Asset Allocation, Debt & Mortgages, Economic Policy, Financial Planning, International, Investing, Monetary Policy, Personal Finance, Uncategorized, Weekly Commentary

Last week, Wall Street was speculating about monetary policy with the enthusiasm of commentators trying to predict who will bring home Olympic gold. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected to introduce another rate hike before the end of 2016, according...