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Crypto Legitimacy?

by Alan Hopkins | July 10, 2019
Most investment managers and financial planners avoid bitcoins as an investment or as a currency, for a few reasons. First, the coins are not backed...

States the Size of Countries

by Robert Katch | July 8, 2019
It can sometimes be hard to understand just how large the U.S. economy is compared with the other countries of the world.  You’ve probably read that...

Market Update – Summer 2019

by Robert Katch | July 1, 2019
How to make sense out of the recent market behavior?  We all experienced a painful decline in December 2018 before the markets took a sharp (and...

Email Cyber Theft

by Robert Katch | July 1, 2019
Our personal information has never been so easy to steal.  And mostly we have ourselves to blame. Come again?  Companies and consumers have been...

Is the Government Double-Taxing Your Social Security Benefits?

by Robert Katch | June 25, 2019
It doesn’t seem fair that your Social Security benefits should be taxed by the federal government.  Isn’t this an example of double-taxation?...

Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?

by Alan Hopkins | June 21, 2019
When you model the sustainability of a person’s retirement assets, the Big Unknown is long-term care expenses. The median annual cost of a private...

(Very) Faulty Forecasts

by Robert Katch | June 17, 2019
The U.S. stock market seemed to be trending downward until the Federal Reserve governors’ meeting, where word came out that the Fed would hold off...