August 2015

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Should I Be Worried About the Stock Market Drop?

Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial average was down over 650 points. Yesterday it dropped over 500 more points and was down more than 1000 at one point, and the other market indexes were losing even more ground. Today it was up over 300 points and finally closed down more than 200. If you ever wondered about the term “the Wall Street roller coaster”, you are experiencing it these past couple of weeks!

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How Much Do I Need to Retire?

This question comes up all the time. Depending on which website you visit, what commercial you see or what advisor you speak with, you keep hearing different answers to this question. No matter who you speak with or where you research, the answer to this question is usually expressed in numbers. You might remember a series of commercials a few years back that asked “Do you know your number?” This commercial showed a lot of folks running around with large numbers under their arms. Nearly all of those numbers were in the millions! I sure do understand how someone might have looked at the commercial and just given up. The thought process probably went something like this: “How am I ever going to save millions? I might as well not even try”.

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Does Your Spouse Know the Answers to these 7 Financial Questions?

A few years ago, I was at a comedy show and the comedian joked; “Have you heard that half of all marriages end in divorce”? While most of the audience nodded, he continued; “Did you ever consider how the rest of them end?….in death! So when you get married, it is going to end badly.” Of course there was laughter, but today I hope to help you avoid making a bad situation worse.

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