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Over the last few decades, more and more workplaces left the traditional pension-retirement, and changed over to a more individually focused retirement plan, with the emergence of 401(k)s. Less responsibility is placed on the employer to ensure their employees have enough for retirement, and more responsibility is put on the

It’s easy to see everything that is going wrong in the world. In fact, it would actually be challenging to read through a newspaper or turn on the news without being bombarded by all things terrible: political unrest, global warming, contaminated foods, disease outbreaks; the list goes on and on.

A QUICK ONLINE SEARCH FOR “DOW RALLIES 500 POINTS” YIELDS A CASCADE OF NEWS STORIES WITH SIMILAR TITLES, AS DOES A SIMILAR SEARCH FOR “DOW DROPS 500 POINTS.” These types of headlines may make little sense to some investors, given that a “point” for the Dow and what it means

Many unsophisticated Investors buying complex financial products commonly misunderstand their suitability in an investment portfolio.

“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” ― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin How much should you save? How much should you spend in retirement? How much do you leave to your children? How little do you leave? What