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How to Catch Up On Retirement Savings
Between all the financial obligations and other responsibilities in your life, you may have brushed building your nest egg to the side. If you’re wondering how to catch up on retirement savings later in life, you’re not alone – according to the...
Stock Market Volatility: 3 Things You Shouldn’t Do
Stock market volatility can be an uncomfortable ride. When your hard-earned wealth is invested in the stock market, seeing it rapidly increase and decrease in value can be disconcerting, to say the very least. Whether or not you’re affected by...
The Secret To Your Self-Motivation Lies In This Surprising Science-Backed Habit
We can do anything we set our minds to. But sometimes it can feel like our brains are working against us when it comes to achieving our goals. Plans to learn a new skill, get in shape, or to save money and start a business, keep getting pushed back...
2 Mental Traps to Avoid In Investing
Investing is often just as much of an exercise in controlling your emotions as it is an application of your knowledge. After all, we’re only human – even if you have an incredibly prudent investment plan, your feelings in the moment can lead you...
How a Retirement Stress Test Can Help You
Before we start to rely on something important – whether that’s an automobile or a bridge - we want to know how it will react under extreme conditions. That same logic should apply to your retirement portfolio, and that’s where a retirement stress...
How Should You Invest During Stock Market Highs?
You may have heard in the media that there have been a few recent stock market highs. The Dow Jones (a benchmark for a portion of the US stock market), for instance, broke into the headlines when it reached an all-time high of 21,000 points...
How to Replace Your Self-Doubt With Unshakable Confidence
We’ve all had those paralyzing moments where our palms are sweating more than a marathon runner and our heart is hammering at a million times a minute. You’ve also probably bitten the bullet and pushed those feelings down just enough to get through...
Few Are Confident About Retirement, According to The Retirement Confidence Survey
The Retirement Confidence Survey is the longest-running annual retirement survey in the nation. They recently released the results of their 2016 survey, and found that many people were not confident about their financial situation for retirement....
How to Choose A Financial Advisor That’s Right For You
Picking the right financial advisor might appear to be a daunting process. You’ll see multiple titles and claims being thrown around by prospective advisors, and it can be tough to separate their marketing from your actual needs. Thankfully, you...
3 Proven Ways to Boost Your Retirement Income
There are countless numbers of seniors who struggle financially with their retirement income; even if they’ve prepared beforehand. That doesn’t mean you have to be one of them. Here are some proven ways to boost your retirement income, and help...
Should You Try to Time The Stock Market?
Market timing is the act of moving wealth in and out of the stock market with the goal of gaining higher profits and avoiding losses. And it’s possibly one of the most debated and argued fields in investing. On one hand, some experts claim they can...
1 Suprising Cognitive Bias You Should Avoid in Investing
When it comes to investing, I’ve already spoken about the dangers of becoming overconfident. When your investments are doing well, it’s easy to develop hubris in your investment abilities, and to ignore your long-term plan in order to chase...