by RCD-DEV | Jun 26, 2015 | Finance
When Financial Plan Go Awry A recent article in Financial Planning (June, 2015) pointed out that some advisors spend decades working with their client’s plan for retirement, only to see that plan fall apart. It seems that the most often mentioned reasons were...
by RCD-DEV | May 7, 2015 | Finance
Auto Enrollment For many decades, companies provided pension plans for their employees’ retirement. There were no papers to fill out to participate; you were automatically enrolled under the plans. About forty years ago, profit sharing and 401(k) plans emerged and...
by RCD-DEV | Nov 10, 2014 | Finance
Beyond My Control Or Lessons Learned The month of October 2014 proves an insightful lesson for investors. Beginning the last 10 days of September, the S&P 500 stock index started to fall, and by the end of the first week of October the slide continued with...
by RCD-DEV | Oct 8, 2014 | Finance
Insanity The often quoted definition of insanity is when we do something over and over again expecting different results. A recent Wall St. Journal article pointed out the three mistakes that investors make over and over again. After observing human behavior toward...
by RCD-DEV | Aug 27, 2014 | Finance
The First Time…Ever From the Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2014: The S&P 500 Index notched its first-ever close above 2000 on Tuesday. It took 16 years to gain 1000 points since breaking through 1000 for the first time in 1998. In February 1998, excitement...
by RCD-DEV | Jul 14, 2014 | Finance
The Amazing Rise Of The Oil Phoenix On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, The Wall St. Journal reported that the way had been cleared for the first export of unrefined American oil in nearly four decades. Now, let that soak in. When can you recall seeing, or hearing, those...
