Many Wall Street and economic pundits tried to talk down the U.S. stock markets down in early 2013. They stated a long list of economic and political headwinds for the U.S. economy. Many of those concerns have come to pass. Interest rates have moved higher....
Everyone in Minnesota takes a summer vacation. Our kids get the whole summer off from school. I have some clients that you can’t tell if they are on vacation, working, or are not on vacation during the summer months. I have no earthly idea if the great U.S. stock...
The summer of 2013 is not over yet. We Minnesotans get at least a few more weeks of road construction and mosquitoes. The stock and bond markets in 2013 have been as volatile. I confess that even professional investment advisors are confused. All-time high stock...
The U.S. stock markets have traded at all-time highs this summer. For that reason alone, investment advisors should be in good spirits. But the majority of advisors I communicate with are as nervous right now as I can ever remember. Through my work with the “No More...
I have a son who will be a senior in high school in September. He has been told that he is a pretty good football player. He was invited to several college football tryout camps this summer. June and July each year are the most important college football camp months...
In my Golden Valley Minnesota patch blog posts, I always try to write original content. But I don’t think that I can write a better retirement planning article than Jeff Sommer recently wrote in the New York Times. I think that this article is very much worth the...
