24 Oct 2014

Posted at 09:18h in The Friday Brief by

Adults over 65 in this country outnumber teenagers, and they are living longer. Demand for elderly care is rising exponentially, emphasizing the importance of planning for the possible need for long-term care. Long-term care refers to the medical, personal, and social services that might be required as we age. It includes daily help...

17 Oct 2014

Posted at 14:30h in The Friday Brief by
With all the flashing lights, colorful charts, complicated lingo, computers, algorithms, and statistics associated with the stock and bond markets, it's pretty easy to think of them as logical, efficient, monolithic machines. But nothing could be further from the truth.

17 Oct 2014

Posted at 14:19h in The Friday Brief by
Some of the best advice during times of stock market uncertainty can be to turn off CNBC and ignore the financial section of your newspaper for a while.  That is, of course, if you've planned ahead and set up your portfolio to withstand the markets's ups and downs.

11 Oct 2014

Posted at 13:02h in The Friday Brief by

Yesterday, Sam, Jared and I were out around town and had multiple people ask us about the recent craziness in the stock market.  If you're not caught up with what's been going on here's a quick update.  On Tuesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 272 points.  The next day it rose 274 points only to plummet 300 points on Thursday, marking the Dow's most erratic 3 days since August 2011.  It would appear that our old friend Volatility has come back for a visit.  So, what’s causing all the commotion?