Year: 2018

Ask the Right Questions…of Your Financial Advisor

If you want to achieve financial freedom by retirement age or earlier, you’re going to have to invest a lot of money.  To invest successfully, you’ll either need to spend the time to learn how to invest or hand over at least a portion of the responsibility to a professional investment advisor.  Choosing an advisor […]

100 Rules of Success: Investing Part 3

What follows is the continuation of success habits that will become part of a book I’m writing, “100 Rules of Success”.  RULE:  Special Rule for Retirees (Part 1)- Create an Impenetrable Safety Net.  We’ve already discussed the importance of having cash reserves enough to cover unexpected occurrences (Rule: Avoid the Cardinal Sin of Investing), but […]

100 Rules of Success: Investing Part 4

What follows is the continuation of success habits that will become part of a book I’m writing, “100 Rules of Success”.  RULE:  Build the Perfect (Trifecta) Retiree Financial Statement.  When you reach retirement, if you had the perfect financial statement, what would it look like?  This is a topic most people never consider.  People tend […]

Trump Tax Plan: Two Strategies for Taxpayers

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On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the most wide-sweeping tax reform of the past twenty years…The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act.  Virtually every taxpayer will be affected so I interviewed one of my partners, Michael Wagner, CPA, CFP® about a couple of strategies you can implement to take advantage of the new […]

100 Rules of Success: Investing for Beginners

What follows is the continuation of success habits that will become part of a book I’m writing, “100 Rules of Success”.  Success in Investing Investing does not have to be complicated.  If you’re willing to establish and follow a handful of proven ‘rules of investing’ you can create a successful investment program. RULE:  Avoid the […]