How to Retire Doubts: Spend Less, Invest More

The weekend Press Democrat quoted Bruce in an article about retirement, but we feel it didn’t go far enough. Personalized advice from a Certified Financial Planner is very helpful in planning for retirement, but we urge everyone to start the thought process long before earned income stops. If you have planned with care – considered […]

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Sad News: We Say Goodbye to Gordon Murray

Investment Guide Author Dies Last quarter we wrote a book review of a great recently-published paperback called “The Investment Answer.” It is a popular guide for investors that lays out the important premises of smart investing in a simple, engaging way. The book was written by advisor Dan Goldie and DFA consultant and former Wall […]

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Gold Fever or Fool’s Gold: Is it Time to Buy?

Is it time to buy gold? Does gold provide a hedge against inflation as the info-commercials suggest? Let’s take a loot at the issues of gold investing.  The Glimmer of Gold See if you can relate to this situation: the struggling U.S. economy experiences severe unemployment, and a falling dollar spooks investors. It feels like […]

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The Hidden Source of Returns and the Forces of Market Growth

The biggest problem with investment returns is that they’re posted daily–or, in the case of the recent “flash crash”, every hour or so. Why is this a problem? Because it implies that what happened yesterday or the day before is meaningful to your financial life and is important information for future investment decisions. People all […]

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Tempted to Look for the Next “Hot Thing” in the Market?

Who’s the smartest of them all? We currently see ads and junk mail pieces from money managers saying they are the greatest because they sold out before the crash or bought (emerging markets, junk bonds etc.) just at the right time. Truth be told, facts are facts and though there are some really smart money […]

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This is Your Brain on Money: Emotion Over Reason

Calming Your Emotional Impulses and Economic Fears Jason Zweig is a personal finance columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the author of Your Money and Your Brain: How the Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich. Mr. Zweig has researched a new discipline called neuroeconomics, which combines biology, psychology and economics to try […]

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