Tips for Investing a Personal Injury Settlement For those who have been in the unfortunate situation of going through a personal injury case, the entire process can be both confusing…
Dividend cuts have come from both large and small companies across America. Blue chips like Wells Fargo, Boeing, Ford, and others have reduced their dividends. What are retirement income seekers…
Proposition 208 and Arizona Income Taxes The hotly debated Proposition 208, which assessed a 3.5% surtax on income over $250,000 was approved in the 2020 state elections. The statute, which…
When I lay out my case for the sell-from-growth strategy, I’ll sometimes get pushback from my own clients. “Yeah, I hear what you’re saying,” they’ll say, “but this country’s political…
Key 3: Avoid checking stock prices too often The stock market is a tremendous reinforcement mechanism. Pick any stock you want. If the market continues to elevate the price of…
Key 2: The Mr. Market Parable In the opening of this chapter, I introduced you to Benjamin Graham and his book, The Intelligent Investor, which was published in 1949. At…
Key 1: Viewing your Stocks as a Business "Investing is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.” Benjamin Graham I encourage my clients to think of their stock holdings not…
There’s a concept in psychology known as “loss aversion,” and it helps explain why we react emotionally to stock prices. According to the website Decision Lab, this understanding of human…
If history shows that downturns come and recoveries follow, you might wonder this: Why not just step out of the ring before the punches start landing? Why not just jump…
Jon Guyton is a well-known retirement columnist based in Minneapolis and an expert panelist on retirement for the Wall Street Journal. And it’s Guyton who introduced the concept of a…