There is a belief that we should know exactly how to plan out our finances for the future. We should know exactly what it’s going to take to be able to pay for the lifestyle that we want in retirement. A retirement that now likely lasts into our…
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Archives for February 2021
Who Else Wants to Know if We Are in a Bubble and What to do About it?
A question that has come up often in recent conversations is, are we in a bubble? It has often been said that asset bubbles can’t be identified except in hindsight. I don’t totally agree. I do know that bubbles can continue to inflate for months or years after…
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Why Boring is Beautiful When it Comes to Investing
“Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!” — John Bogle “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” — Ben Graham “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars…
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Whether they can Contribute to a Roth IRA
A question that often comes up is, can I contribute to a Roth IRA? I am going to walk you through the steps of whether or not you qualify. First of all, do you have an earned income? If you don’t have an earned income you cannot make a Roth IRA contribution. If you do have earned income,…
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The Secret of a Successful Financial Planning Strategy
Begin with the end in mind -Stephen Covey One of the most important things that you can do to help you realize your financial goals is to develop a strategy to help reach those goals and then stick to that specific strategy. It is much easier to change the…
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Guess Who’s Back… Back Again
Welcome back everyone to Inside Look at Building Towards Wealth. What was originally intended as a three or four-week hiatus from writing my weekly newsletter, ended up being a four-month hiatus. Unfortunately, life sort of got in the way, as it seems to do in general, but especially in this year of 2020. We have…
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