How is Your 401(k) Bracket Going?

One of the curses of my chosen profession is my internal obligation to read financial industry magazines each and every month.  For years I have continued to read article about the same subjects. The similar content reminds me of the old joke about Minnesota committee...

Grandpa’s Pension; My 401(k)

I have a son in a local Minnesota senior high school.  This semester one of his classes is Personal Financial Management. One of his class assignments this semester is to write about the differences between a pension account and a 401(k) account. He asked me the other...

Happy Birthday Stock Market

The current uptrend of the stock market is widely believed to have begun on March 6, 2009. That means that on Wednesday of this week the current stock market cycle will have its fourth birthday. Another big anniversary of the stock market was back on October 9, 2007....

Be Ready When the Stock Market Falls

With the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index up around 6% so far this year, and around 11% over the past 12 months, the question for regular stock market investors is whether to follow the herd, or run from it. Right on cue, individual investors have put more new...