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06 Nov 2015 New Budget Deal Affects Social Security Strategies

Posted at 09:26h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

First the good news: the House and Senate passed a new budget deal last week that suspends the debt limit until 2017 and increases funding levels for a number of federal programs. President Obama signed the deal into law on Monday, avoiding a government debt default and reducing the risk of a government shutdown in December.

25 Sep 2015 Dow Plunges Triple Digits

Posted at 14:05h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

How often have you seen a news headline that looks something like this: “Dow Plunges Triple Digits?” Makes for a great headline, but a better way of saying the same thing is, “Dow Ends Down 0.6%.” Not quite the same attention grabber, is it?

07 Aug 2015 Measure Your Risk Before The Next Bear Market

Posted at 09:58h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

Potentially Important Life Goals:

1. Retire with confidence

2. Help fund your kids' college expenses

3. Give more

4. Travel with your family or friends

5. Take more investment risk

20 Mar 2015 How Long Will It Take To Double Your Money?

Posted at 11:11h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

Have you seen how much movie tickets cost these days? Expensive enough that when I went to the movies last week, I felt very acutely what behavioral economists call the "pain of paying." Ouch. As I handed my credit card to the cashier inside the plastic bubble, I wondered, "How much will these things cost in 24 years?"