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Posts by category
- Category: Debt
- 10 Years After the Financial Crisis, Does the U.S. Still Have a Debt Problem?
- 7 Years after the Housing Crisis, Are We in Another Financial Bubble
- Don’t Overreact to Skyrocketing Consumer Confidence
- What Politicians and Real Estate Developers Get Wrong About Government Debt and Deficits
- The United States Is Not Japan
- The Greek Clash: Should I Stay, or Should I Go?
- Category: Federal Reserve
- Are We in Another Financial Bubble?
- Bitcoin the Future of Money or a Novelty?
- I’m Positive Negative Interest Rates Won’t Work
- Is Quantitative Easing (QE4) Stimulative to the Economy?
- Is the Federal Reserve Making It Up as They Go Along?
- The World Is Drifting Away from Capitalism
- The Risks of the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Tightening
- Is the Reduction of the Fed’s Balance Sheet a Ticking Time Bomb?
- The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Troubles
- Why Tax Cuts & the Federal Reserve Reducing Its Balance Sheet, Is Risky
- The Big Risk Awaiting the New Federal Reserve Chair
- Retirement Plan Contribution Limits 2019 401(k) Plans and 403(b) Plans
- The Fed Is Living Dangerously With All These Excess Reserves
- Retirement Plan Sponsors the DOL Makes Plan’s More Transparent
- Financial Advisor, Tim Hayes on Why Negative Interest Rates Won’t Work
- Business Investment Shouldn’t Be a Four Letter Word
- Was the Negative 2.9% First Quarter GDP Really Just a Fluke?
- Category: Government
- Money Creation in the Time of Quantitative Easing (Q.E.)
- State and Local Pensions (Maybe Rhode Island Figured it Out?)
- President Trump’s Risky Bet Against Our Trade Deficit
- Coronavirus Outbreak Has Caused Economic Chaos & Uncertainty
- How the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Can Help Solve the Public Pensions Problem
- DOL Fiduciary Rule Timeline & Updates
- What the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule Means to You
- What You Need to Know about the Best Interest Contract Exemption
- Why Brexit Matters Matters to Your Portfolio
- Bernie & the Trump Foretelling the End of the 35 Year Bull Market in Bonds
- The 2015 Fiduciary Proposal: A Retirement Ruckus
- How Fannie Mae Came Back the Dead
- Financial Advisor Tim Hayes Believes The Department of Labor Got It Right
- Why Every Country Can’t Export More
- Category: Interest Rates
- Category: Taxes
Case Studies
- Should You Have a Trust as the Beneficiary on a Retirement Account?
- Social Security When Should You Start Taking It?
- Investing In an Overpriced Stock Market
- Retiring When the Stock Market is High and Interest Rates are Low
- Estate Planning Case Study
- Diversification and Investment Portfolio Design
- Massachusetts Public Employees & Social Security Eligibility
- Fee-Only or Commission What Standard of Care Is Best for You?
- How the New Retirement SECURE Act Impacts You
- Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed
- Inheriting an IRA Spouses and Non-Spouses
- 403b Retirement Plans Massachusetts Public Schools
- Taxes Case Study
- Investing In Foreign Stocks and Bonds
- The Importance of Understanding Your Risk Tolerance
- Active vs Passive Investing Understanding the Differences
- Should You Own Gold In Your Portfolio
- Student Loans Private or Government Sponsored