The financial media regularly highlights announcements like:
How Companies Reward Shareholders: Dividends, Buybacks, and Splits
How Companies Reward Shareholders: Dividends, Buybacks, and Splits
Learn how companies return value to shareholders through dividends, stock buybacks, and stock splits, and understand the key concept of free cash flow.
June 17, 2025
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May Market Recap: Stocks Bounced Back Despite U.S. Credit Rating Cut
May Market Recap: Stocks Bounced Back Despite U.S. Credit Rating Cut
Stocks rebounded in May despite a U.S. credit rating cut, with strong company earnings and positive trade deals offering a boost to the markets.
June 3, 2025
3
min read
What Are the Real Chances You’ll Need Long-Term Care?
What Are the Real Chances You’ll Need Long-Term Care?
Understand the real likelihood of needing long-term care in retirement and discover how thoughtful planning can help you prepare for various outcomes.
May 16, 2025
2
min read
April Market Recap: Lessons after a Historical Month
April Market Recap: Lessons after a Historical Month
April's market volatility underscores the importance of staying invested and maintaining a diversified portfolio amid economic uncertainties.
May 5, 2025
3
min read
Why It Pays to Diversify Across Market Sectors
Why It Pays to Diversify Across Market Sectors
Diversifying across market sectors is a smart strategy to balance your portfolio and ride out economic ups and downs without making risky bets.
April 28, 2025
1
min read
Meeting Your Needs Beyond Finances in Retirement
Meeting Your Needs Beyond Finances in Retirement
Plan for retirement beyond finances. Address emotional needs, stay active, and pursue personal growth to achieve a fulfilling and satisfying retirement.
April 21, 2025
2
min read
Navigating U.S.-China Trade Tensions: Impacts and Insights for Investors
Navigating U.S.-China Trade Tensions: Impacts and Insights for Investors
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China raise market uncertainty, but history shows recovery. Staying diversified helps navigate these volatile periods.
April 15, 2025
2
min read
7 Disciplines that Lead to a Happy Retirement
7 Disciplines that Lead to a Happy Retirement
Money is important, but money doesn’t guarantee a happy retirement. If you dig a little bit deeper, you’ll find that’s half the equation.
April 8, 2025
4
min read
Listing Your Retirement Goals
Listing Your Retirement Goals
This simple act of listing your retirement goals, dreams, and ideas can help you prioritize and process information more easily.
April 8, 2025
1
min read
Lending Money to Children in Retirement
Lending Money to Children in Retirement
Learn the pros and cons of lending money to children in retirement, and how to structure loans to avoid tax pitfalls while ensuring financial security.
April 8, 2025
2
min read
Posts by Dennis Coon:
Stock markets had a strong comeback in May. The S&P 500 (a key stock index) made up for all its...
For many retirees, the idea of needing long-term care can be unsettling. Media headlines and...
April was a roller coaster month for investors as markets reacted strongly to new tariff...
If there’s one thing history has taught investors, it’s that trying to pick the "hot sector" each...
In 1943, the psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote a paper called “A Theory of Human Motivation.” In...
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Much has been written about saving for retirement, and we adhere to the principle that financial...
The first question to ask yourself regarding retirement is, “What do I want my retirement to look...
“Neither a borrower nor lender be” wrote Shakespeare in Hamlet. But sometimes, we have no...