Last Saturday, May 18, 2013, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a commencement speech to this year’s graduates of Bard Collage at Simon’s Rock in Barrington, Massachusetts. As part of my regular Saturday morning reading, I happened to come across the...
I can’t even remember how many Minnesota company retirement plan participants I have heard this same story from. I can tell you that it has been several over my 29 years in the financial services industry. When you change jobs, you naturally call the company that...
Hi Mom, I have been thinking about you a lot lately. Even more than I normally do. I wish that you could be here to see my kids grow up. I see so much of you in each of them. I also see the things that you taught me growing up and how I have tried to teach each of...
By now most Minnesota company retirement plan investors have received their individual company retirement plan statements for the first quarter of 2013. Those statement values are the highest in many years. Unfortunately, we all know from our previous stock market...
The majority of Minnesota investors make their stock market investment decisions largely on the basis of their “gut feelings” about what to own over the long term. The problem is that most individual investors are not investment professionals. For that reason, most...
People in Minnesota have a lot of common sense. Sometimes that common sense does not carry over into their investment lives. Here is a little reminder for you in regard to your investment common sense. When you go to the doctor, you ask him or her for the best...
