Top 5 Ways to Spend Leftover 529 Funds
By: Nicholas Ibello
The original purpose of a 529 plan is to pay for a college education, but what should you do if your child or grandchild graduates...
Should You Add Gold to Your Investment Portfolio?
By: Brain McKinney
Gold has been a valuable and highly coveted commodity for centuries. Unlike other common investment asset classes, you can touch gold, see gold, and keep...
Why are stocks recovering as the economy declines?
By: Brain McKinney
Optimism. It isn’t something many Americans have been able to hold onto during this COVID-19 financial crisis. From small business shutdowns, record-high unemployment levels, and...
3 Money Smart Ways to Reinvest Your COVID-19 College Tuition Refund
By: Nicholas Ibello
Java-Design-PatternsHas your college canceled its in-person and online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Unfortunately, this has become the norm this spring. Social isolation has...
How to Protect Your Assets at Each Life Stage
By: Brain McKinney
Do insurance options seem overwhelming at times? It can be tricky to navigate the many different plan types and terminologies to find the right fit...
Taking Sick Stocks’ Temperature
By: Evan R. Guido
As you’ve surely noticed by now, I’m confident about the long term strength in the economy, even if the short term outlook is virtually unknowable....
One of The Most Prominent Retiree Risks: Sequence of Returns
By: Brain McKinney
Imagine spending decades meticulously planning and conscientiously saving for retirement only to experience a bear market shortly after leaving the workforce. Suddenly, you’re ready to...
How Will the SECURE Act Affect My Retirement Plans?
By: Gary Williams
In an effort to help Americans better save and prepare for retirement, Congress has passed the first pivotal piece of retirement legislation we have seen...
The Risks and Rewards of Investing in IPOs
By: Gary Williams
Have you ever heard someone touting how they got in on the “ground floor” of a publicly-traded stock and it skyrocketed from there? What did...
What Does Your New Retirement Look Like?
Retirement today is not the same as it was 30, 20, even 10 years ago. Because we’re generally living longer nowadays (we might need to...
THE FINANCIAL EQUATION: Diversification: What You Need to Know
It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing and getting financial articles published for years and I’ve yet to cover the topic of diversification with my...
What Does Retirement Really Mean (To You)?
By: Gary Williams
Retirement is a nebulous word that means different things to different people. For some, it means leaving the workforce permanently to relax at home. For...
What is an inverted yield curve, and what does it mean to me?
By: Gary Williams
In early August of 2019, headlines referring to the feared “inverted yield curve” were on display all over news, financial websites and publications, sparking a...
Thinking about Sending Your Child to a Private High School?
By: Gary Williams
There are many reasons why parents may consider sending their child to a private school; from the varied curriculum these schools are able to offer,...
A Financial Advisor’s Point of View: What and When to Teach your Kid’s about Money
By: Gary Williams
As every father or mother knows, being a parent can be challenging. There are so many important aspects in life you need to share so...
Tips To Make Sure Your Beneficiaries Are Accurate
There are numerous life events that can make us reconsider who we want to leave money to in our 401(k)s, IRAs, 403(b)s, annuities, life insurance...
Investing in Technology Stocks
By: Gary Williams
If you have been investing for at least twenty years, you have seen both the good and bad times for technology stocks. The late nineties...
Your Portfolio During a Trade War
By: William Hayslett
Trade Wars in The News Anyone who has checked the news once in the past month knows that America is on the precipice of a...
Commercial Real Estate Investments
By: Gary Williams
When most investors think about investing in real estate, residential real estate is the natural thought that comes to mind first. On the other hand,...