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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?"

06 Jun 2014 How Much Of Your Portfolio Will You Spend In Retirement?

Posted at 12:10h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

When confronting the question of retirement spending, the most commonly used strategy is known as the 4% Rule. It is based on the premise that you can withdraw 4% from a well-diversified, balanced (60% equity/40% bond) portfolio and feel comfortable that your money will last as long as you...

30 May 2014 Three Steps to Hiring The Ideal Professional

Posted at 12:30h in Blogs, The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

The process of selecting a professional relationship is a daunting one, especially when we consider the cost of choosing poorly. Red Adair, famous in the 80's for extinguishing and capping blazing oil well blowouts put it best when he said, "If you think it's expensive to hire a...

08 Nov 2013 Turbulence Ahead

Posted at 13:29h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Reality is setting in once again for investors that the Federal Reserve can't keep funding the so-called recovery forever. Stocks sank yesterday due to stronger-than-expected domestic growth and the likelihood that European growth will soon improve spurred by a rate cut in that region yesterday.