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Are you a parent or a grandparent that will help a family member pay for education beyond high school?  While there are many choices for people in this situation one of the best education [...]

Do you have children or grandchildren that will be going to college?  Are you saving for your college expenses?  What used to work for older generations may not work as well today.  If you are [...]

If you are an investor, there are some mistakes that are common to the majority of us.  Investing as in life, there are no guarantees of anything other than uncertainty.  If you were like most of [...]

If you are an investor, there are some mistakes that are common to the majority of us.  Investing as in life, there are no guarantees of anything other than uncertainty.  If you were like most of [...]

Are you looking to diversify your holdings? Do you think that the stock market is overpriced or too expensive?  In a separate blog, I looked at small cap stock exchange traded funds and mutual [...]

Are you an active investor?  Do you only invest in equities and bonds?  Then chances are placing a small percentage of your overall portfolio into a commodities exchange traded fund or mutual [...]

Do you want to invest in the stock market but fear you have missed all the good opportunities?  There are two choices that I currently see that make sense to a degree.  I will take a look at one [...]

  Do you invest in mutual funds?  There is a website that started as a rating agency for mutual funds and now has ratings on much more and is a treasured resource for financial information.  [...]

  Are you thinking of your retirement? At some point everyone will be retiring and enjoying their golden years.  But there are some common mistakes that many people make when thinking of or [...]

  Are you thinking about opening a custodial account for a child or grandchild? These unique accounts are set up for a variety of reason, some legitimate and some maybe not so legitimate. It [...]