At the end of July, many of you may have heard about a 16 year old named Kyle Giersdorf 1. Kyle was the winner of the first ever Fortnite World Cup which awarded him 3 million dollars in prize money. Yes, 3 million dollars!!
As Mike Tyson once put so eloquently, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Sometimes you need to stick to the plan. Sometimes you need to adapt. Some things you need to take control of in advance. My advice to you is something I heard a lot of growing up – keep your eye on the ball.
Colleges and universities anticipate that over 3.5M students will graduate this Spring, including masters and doctorate degrees.* Undergrads account for 2.9M of the graduates – which means there could be fierce competition for those seeking their first job during one of the lowest unemployment rates in US history.
The yield curve is the “connect-the-dot” line that follows the yield of treasury bonds with maturities from 1 month to 30 years. Typically, this curve is sloped upward, as longer-term bonds demand a higher yield. In a healthy economy, when long-term growth is expected, higher long-term yields are indicative that investors have positive feelings about growth in the economy.
Options strategies such as protective puts and covered calls are simple enough to implement and at the very least they might make you feel better.
If you have teens who you’d like to be able to get a car loan or mortgage without you co-signing, consider following these same steps my father laid out. It never hurts to create good financial habits early and may prevent you from taking on unnecessary responsibility as a co-signer.
People engage in high risk/low reward activities all the time, particularly with their investments. Many are fully capable of managing their portfolios themselves, and maybe they should.
How does today’s volatile stock market make you feel? If you are paying attention to the headlines, I’m guessing you feel a little uneasy at best. Here is one of many questions we ask a lot of our new clients: If the...
As we emerged from the Thanksgiving holiday and returned to the office this week, many admitted to arriving early or staying late to scour the internet for the best Cyber Monday deals. The results are in & Amazon along with many other..
Of all the variables that make up your financial plan, the most sensitive by far is your living expense number. A slight shift in this number can drastically change the age in which you are on track to retire, how much you need to be..
