Category Archives: Money Management

The Debt Crisis

It certainly isn’t a golf day as I write this early Sunday afternoon, and what it has done is give me a day or so to collect my thoughts as we come off a most volatile week, both politically and … Continue reading

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Annuities: A Complex Subject

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I recently came across an article published in the Wall Street Journal on March 8, 2011 written by Lavonne Kuykendall, entitled, “Making the Case to Buy an Annuity.” Continue reading

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10-50-50 Strategy

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One question we get asked frequently is what should be done with a bonus check, increase in pay, unusually large gift, etc. Should it be used to pay down debt, saved or invested, or just consumed? For starters, it would … Continue reading

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Grow, Learn, Prosper

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Everywhere you look there are articles, blogs, etc about making the proper financial and investment decisions as we begin a new year. These get old, repetitive, and it’s the recycling of the same *excrement* which is published each year. I … Continue reading

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Proper Investing Principles

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In another life, when teaching and coaching sales people in another aspect of the financial services industry, I had a saying which I used continually and it was “know the difference between being busy and being productive.” During the course … Continue reading

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