If you are an adult and have any kind of account with a bank or credit card company, it is likely that some or all four elements of your personal identity have been compromised by hackers in this latest, most serious of all, cyber attack on...
"People are worried that people aren't worried enough." That's the phrase Matt Levine has used to describe the current state of the stock market, or rather many investors' thoughts on the stock market. What he means is that the stock market has been calmer for a...
Markets have, on the whole, been surprisingly resilient during the latest round of escalating rhetoric between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, following Un's successful long-distance ICBM launches, threats of attack on US Territory Guam, and surprising new intelligence assessments that he now has the ability...
Circle the letters in the list below that best describe the financial planning process for you (please select as many as are appropriate). More time: Sailing, fishing, swimming, hiking, biking, walking, running, scuba diving, mentoring, tinkering, painting, crafting, cooking, gardening, stamp collecting, reading, writing, enjoying...
As suggested would happen in a Brief weeks ago, Senate Republicans have failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. While the opposition was fierce from Democrats, the media, health providers, special interest groups, and the insurance industry, the lethal blow was delivered by...
Each summer about this time amid the lazy hot days of vacation and slower work weeks, I like to tell a story of my youth. This one is particularly timely as it coincides with Disney's hit movie Cars 3. If you haven't seen it, collect...
Republicans currently face the near impossible task of repealing Obamacare and passing a replacement bill that will not cost them politically. At their core, Republicans are loathe to add additional entitlement spending to an already broken federal budget, but no political alternative exists because, since its...
Working closely with people and their money for almost 35 years, I've seen and learned a great deal about human behavior. As doctors observe the physical impact of bad health habits and counselors uncover the personal and relational damage of bad life choices, caring advisors contend with...
Some 241 years ago the United States of America became a sovereign nation simply by declaring it, knowing all too well that the prospect of actually winning it against the will of the most powerful nation in the world was smaller than scant. The men...
With summertime upon us, complete with tropical storm Cindy soaking the South, and nearly half of 2017 in the books, this might be a good time to review the progress and condition of the capital markets. While forecasting the direction of the markets is not...
