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Annuities and the F-WORD Belong in the Same Sentence.

I’ve had the good fortune to meet and work with Frank Maselli.  He is a brilliant, affable and hilarious adviser to advisers.  Below I’ve simply cut and pasted a great and timely article he just wrote for us advisers. Published on March 8, 2017 LikedUnlikeAnnuities & The F-Word! 25 Comment 6 ShareShare Annuities & The F-Word! […]

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Universal Basic Income is Welfare

The idea of a universal basic income has found growing support in Silicon Valley as robots threaten to radically change the nature of work. Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar is the latest tech bigwig to get behind the concept. His philanthropic investment firm, the Omidyar Network, announced Wednesday that it will give nearly half a million dollars to a group

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THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR 2017

This post heading is NOT a myth, for once. Think about common risks in your life and the tactics you use to minimize or avoid them. If you’re trying to lose weight then you burn more calories (read: Exercise) and consume fewer or at least better calories (quality proteins, greens, fruits & oils versus sugars,

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ADVISERS DON’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE

Well, according to a recent survey by John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (as reported by the American Retirement Association) there is “an impressive retirement preparations gap among those who use the services of a financial advisor”(sic) and those who do not. Here are some stats: Regarding 401(k)s, those with advisers were more than twice as

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ADVISERS DON’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE

Well, according to a recent survey by John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (as reported by the American Retirement Association) there is “an impressive retirement preparations gap among those who use the services of a financial advisor”(sic) and those who do not. Here are some stats: Regarding 401(k)s, those with advisers were more than twice as

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There is One Best Trick for Maximizing Social Security Benefits

Do you get a lot of emails with the words “trick”, “weird” “secret”, “epic” and so on to the ends of hyperbole & hubris?  I do.  So I remind you again that the title of this blog- like all my titles -is a big, fat MYTH.  There are two moving parts to Social Security benefit

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