Month: December 2014

Retirement Saving Tips

Are you preparing for retirement?  Are you afraid that you may not have saved enough to retire comfortably?  Then there are some techniques that older readers can try to increase their overall savings.  [...]

Happy Holiday

  I wish everyone a happy holiday as I celebrate Christmas.  Today there will be no traditional blog as I am going to be taking a break from the financial world and will do the same next Thursday [...]

Key Retirement Ages

  Are you thinking about your retirement and how taxes will affect your situation?  It is never too early to consider the role of taxes on your retirement, and if you are past age 59 ½ this blog [...]

Investing Mistakes

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 us and [...]

Retirement Saving Tips

  As you know, I am a firm believer that saving for retirement is essential.  The more you can save earlier in your career the better off you will be later in life.  That and the money you saved [...]

Investing Mistakes

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 us and were [...]

Emerging Markets, a compliment to your portfolio

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 funds.  [...]

Commodities, a good fit for you?

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 fund may [...]