People must be feeling good about the economy because second home ownership is on the rise again. Vacation home sales increased over 10% in 2012 and 11% of home purchases were second home in that year.* Some folks find their…
Let’s take a moment of silence to remember the pension. We dearly miss that well-loved, but ultimately unstainable stream of lifetime income that employers used to supply loyal workers in retirement. Now what? Employers have punted the responsibility of lifetime…
Many people envision retiring to a beachy paradise. And, it’s true, warm states like Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina are seeing an influx of new faces, many of them retired. However, according to US census bureau data, only about 4%…
“The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.” – Al Franken And there you have it, folks! Trying to change your…
In a recent post on Financial Advisor IQ, Sullivan Financial Planning’s Kristi Sullivan was quoted in the article, Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Fad or the Future? By Chris Latham. A copy of the article is below. Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Fad or the Future?…
If you look back on my past blogs, I explain the different types of bonds with a fun example. To summarize, bonds come in different maturity dates and different credit qualities. The longer the maturity date, the better the interest…
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