Peter Dunn: Your family’s pro bono CFO deserves back pay in love
That’s the thing about a mother’s love: It’s quiet, consistent and completely irrational in the most beautiful way.
That’s the thing about a mother’s love: It’s quiet, consistent and completely irrational in the most beautiful way.
Graduation is a great time to get a start on building a firm financial foundation.
I want to challenge you—yes, you—to find a way to cut $1,000 a month from your spending.
Let me be clear: This will not be painless.
Insurance works on the principle of the Law of Large Numbers.
Do you know what’s not arbitrary? Keeping and growing your money.
With the “honeymoon” over—in that the S&P 500 has surrendered all of its post-election gains—some historical perspective might help you survive the storm.
Whether it was 9/11, the housing market meltdown of 2008 or the COVID market crash (which lasted only 148 days), world events have a way of convincing us that the isolated dynamics of the time will lead to unprecedented market peril.
The financial literacy rate has decreased since 2020, when it reached a peak of 52%.
If you’ve got investment income, especially anything involving capital gains, tax-loss harvesting or the wild world of cryptocurrency, you might want someone who understands the tax code better than you do.
Financial markets have always been and will always be subject to bubble thinking.
The problem isn’t the difference in approach—it’s whether you can discuss and navigate these differences without causing financial (or emotional) ruin.
And you should stop viewing advisers as disposable.
Heeding “expert” predictions can be extremely dangerous and costly; such predictions should be considered “for entertainment purposes only.”
Whereas I’m not anticipating a life of dodging wildfires here in the Midwest, it’s not too far-fetched to imagine other disasters impacting my ability to live the life I’ve dreamed of living.
If you’re going to take the time to set goals for this year, just make sure the goals matter.
We do know there are many ways to invest/speculate in Bitcoin, including an illogical one.
There are three distinct reasons you specifically should aim for at least a $400,000 nest egg.
Half of our adult lives are spent in transition.
In difficult times, the hardest thing for long-term investors to do is to do nothing.