How to Catch Up On Retirement Savings

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 4, 2017 | BDE, Retirement

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 latest Retirement...

Stock Market Volatility: 3 Things You Shouldn’t Do

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 3, 2017 | BDE, Investing

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 market volatility, it...

The Secret To Your Self-Motivation Lies In This Surprising Science-Backed Habit

by Elle Kaplan | Mar 31, 2017 | BDE, Do More, Motivation

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 in the hopes that...

2 Mental Traps to Avoid In Investing

by Elle Kaplan | Mar 29, 2017 | BDE, Wealth Management

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 astray. So to become a...

How a Retirement Stress Test Can Help You

by Elle Kaplan | Mar 28, 2017 | BDE, Retirement

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 test can help....

How Should You Invest During Stock Market Highs?

by Elle Kaplan | Mar 27, 2017 | BDE, Investing

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 recently. When there’s...