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The new year almost started without me!  Yes, I know it comes the same time every year but, this year, I wasn’t prepared.  Party invitations went out late, the supermarket was sold out of jumbo shrimp, and I was shopping for champagne at 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.  But one thing I am prepared for is my financial future.  And you should be, too.  Just like Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, retirement is coming, whether we’re prepared or not.  This year, resolve to get invested.

The stock market can be just as scary as ghosts and goblins at times. Some years, in fact, the steep declines were downright frightening! Take, for instance, 2008 when the S&P 500 lost 37%! More recently, in 2022, the S&P 500 lost 18%. That's scary stuff, no doubt about it. But the market saw a tremendous rebound in the years immediately following those two losing years. How much of a rebound? Well, in 2009, the S&P 500 closed out the year up 26% - that's a 63% rebound fr

An early Labor Day brought unofficial summer to a swift end.  Kids are back in school, renters are turning in the keys to the summer...

We’re all familiar with the word “double.” In the military, soldiers march in double time. In baseball, a two-base hit is a double, and a...