Monthly Archives: August 2010

Retirement Lifestyle Issues: How to Fill the Days Ahead

From a retirement plan perspective, your employees may have a good understanding of their pension, 401k, and eligibility for retiree health insurance from your plan communication initiative.  Perhaps you even sit down with each pre-retiree to help them through the … Continue reading

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Cash management: Pay as Much Attention When You are Selling as When You are Buying

Next door neighbors are good for borrowing things: a lawn mower, tools and a cup of sugar.  If they have teenagers, they are good for babysitting and helping you move heavy objects downstairs (even working for pizza sometimes).  My next … Continue reading

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What Does RICH Mean?

I saw an interesting article about mortgage delinquencies in the U.S. and there were some interesting tidbits of information in the report.  Overall, 1 in 12 people in the U.S. are at least 30 days past due on their mortgage.  … Continue reading

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From Emotional to Rational in 45 Minutes

DATELINE: November 2008 Participants: Myself and a loving family member ISSUE: Wanted to sell out of the stock market MISSION: To turn a emotional decision into a well thought out one (rational) In my workshops to clients and also in … Continue reading

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Retirement Readiness – Do a Bennie Check-Up

A workshop participant had a huge grin on her face at one of our Retirement Readiness workshops when she announced to the group, “My ex-husband passed away and had me down as the beneficiary on his IRA and I have … Continue reading

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Can You be the Hero?

All of us want to feel special.  Whether it’s helping the team score the winning goal, or simply helping someone with their groceries, it makes us feel good when we come to someone else’s aid.  But what if you could … Continue reading

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Creating a Will – Sooner Rather than Later

“We couldn’t decide on a guardian – the couple we wanted to pick was very loving but we were concerned they wouldn’t give the children boundaries” was the excuse the couple gave.  They had two children ages 10 and 12 … Continue reading

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First Impressions

During my first week with Financial Finesse I spent most of my time in training, monitoring calls on the helpline, and trying to remember the names of my new coworkers.  I am not quite sure what I expected out of … Continue reading

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A Strategy for All Markets

One of the great benefits of doing educational workshops is that I can share personal stories and strategies with large groups of people with the end result being that those attending often have more confidence in the investing strategies they … Continue reading

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At What Age Should I Start to Teach about Money?

They call me “the Rebel” but I really am just a regular guy.  In other words, I am no James Dean – no leather jacket and no motorcycle.  I am just a family man with 4 young children and a … Continue reading

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