When people think about planning for their retirement, their focus is directed almost exclusively at the numbers. How much money will I need? What will my living expenses be? How much should I be saving now? What rate of return do I need to get? Clearly these are central questions that must be answered. However,
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When you meet someone for the first time, what’s the most common question you ask them? “So, what do you do?” We define ourselves by our work, and that’s so common that it’s embedded in our culture. If someone asks you, “Who are you?” there’s a high likelihood that you’ll respond with the type of
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The sunk cost fallacy isn’t something we usually think about when we think about entrepreneurs. Instead, we usually think about it from a consumer’s perspective. For example, you buy a house that’s maybe a little older than you’d prefer, but you really love that house. The inspection comes back with all kinds of issues, but
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Business owners are some of the hardest workers in the world, but hard work alone isn’t enough to ensure success in the business world, and the same is true for your finances. Every business owner faces myriad pitfalls that can make or break their retirement, even if their business is highly successful. Here’s where we
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Those are the brave words spoken by FDR to the nation, hammered by the economic calamity of the Great Depression, during his 1932 Presidential inauguration address. We all know that fear, and our problems, need to be dealt with in order
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“Economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.” – Rupert Murdock While data centers are filled with information about the economy, the complexity of the interrelationships of the data make economic forecasting very difficult. As a result, the forecasts of many economic models, regardless of their intricacy, become extrapolations of past economic data. This
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You may not talk about it much with others, but the older you get, the more you think about it… Your business is your retirement plan. You’ve poured your heart, soul and money into your business and invested very little elsewhere. You understand relying on the sale of your business to fund your retirement is
For smart people with a do-it-yourself mindset, managing your own investment portfolio may seem like a no-brainer There’s no shortage of media outlets, book authors, stock trading platforms, and other entities whose advertising encourages people to “take control of their financial future.” The firms pursuing these individuals under the premises of independence and control play
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Years ago, I loved staging weekend garage sales. I’d fill my garage and driveway with our household’s excess and unneeded stuff; furniture, electronics, clothing, kitchenware, toys, yard equipment, and whatever else I wanted to get rid of. I usually made a couple of thousand dollars. However, these events take a lot of effort, tie up
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Your life is complicated. The demands of your career and your family are accelerating. As the number of financial decisions required to keep you moving forward increases, you realize you’re reaching the limits of your financial knowledge. Making financial decisions definitely opens new doors for you. However, for each new door opened, several other doors
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