KIM: Act now to take advantage of the best college savings tool
With college costs escalating rapidly, reducing future debt by starting to save as much and as soon as you can for a child’s college education is vitally important.
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HAHN: A dose of gratitude can be good for your finances
We so often look at the world and our personal situation and see what’s wrong or what’s missing. Gratitude is an ongoing action, a state of being or a way of life.
KIM: Use this advice to weather the volatility storm
You might not realize it, but when you decided to invest in stocks, you bought a ticket to ride an emotional roller-coaster.
HAHN: Cognitive decline fueled by aging can lead to exploitation
Learn about elder abuse and be proactive in financially protecting loved ones.
KIM: Is cannabis stock frenzy a case of ‘reefer madness’?
Cannabis may be the wave of the future, but that doesn’t mean the stocks are a good investment.
Jalene Hahn: Selecting the appropriate investment rollercoaster
Risk tolerance, risk capacity and risk perception are the fundamental elements of your risk profile. The best way to construct your portfolio and ensure you can hang on for the whole ride is when you evaluate and discuss these risk elements individually and not as a composite assessment.
MICKEY KIM: Stocks continue to be appealing, but Goldilocks has left building
The fact remains that both the stock market’s advance from the March 2009 lows and the economic expansion are long in the tooth.
HAHN: Preparing for the bear market we know is coming
We are now in the, “We know it is coming; we just don’t know when” phase.
KIM: Musk’s reckless tweet unleashed chaos, damaged market integrity
When a company raises capital to fund its growth by selling stock to the public, part of the bargain is that it incurs obligations to disclose certain information to investors that is reliable.
HAHN: What Kenny Rogers can teach us about investing
His signature song, “The Gambler,” contains sage advice for investors.
KIM: More skin in game may have prevented Lehman Brothers’ collapse
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has stated that “misaligned incentives contributed greatly to the financial crisis.”
HAHN: Adjust your saving, spending to narrow retirement gap
I think boarding a train is an apt metaphor for retirement. We leave the comfort and confines of the known and step willingly unto an unknown future with many possible destinations.
KIM: Purdue revolutionizing college finance with Back a Boiler
If the Purdue degree is valuable and leads to a well-paying job, Purdue and the student both benefit. If not, Purdue absorbs some or even all the financial pain.
HAHN: Closed-end fund might warrant a place in your portfolio
Closed-end funds are often actively managed, tend to have a narrow investment focus, use illiquid or thinly traded investments, and are structured to provide income.
KIM: Wynn Resorts debacle highlights risk of imperial CEO
You can bet if there are narcissistic tendencies locked inside a lucky founder/CEO, fortune, fame and power will set them free.
HAHN: Savvy students, families pick colleges with eyes wide open
Funding a college education is an investment and, as with any investment, there should be a positive return.
KIM: Will unfriended Facebook ‘de-FAANG’ the stock market?
the FAANGs have become “one-decision stocks”—stocks you should buy, no matter how expensive, and hold forever.
HAHN: Finding the sweet spot for claiming Social Security
Even though Congress eliminated some Social Security planning strategies, maximizing lifetime Social Security benefits still can be tricky.
KIM: ‘Action bias’ harmful to soccer goalkeepers and investors
Not only are humans highly emotional and lacking in self-control, they are influenced by all sorts of biases and supposedly irrelevant factors.
HAHN: Target-date funds are not a cookie-cutter investment
Many investors just pick a fund, or use the 401(k) default, and hope for the best. Understanding the terminology and approach of target-date funds will help minimize investment surprises.