Charlie Farrell

Road to Retirement: How taxes, deficits and markets are connected

May 2, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

With our political leaders in Washington proposing massive spending packages and higher taxes to pay for them, it抖阴ap important for investors to understand how taxes, deficits, and markets are connected....

Road to Retirement: Should investors avoid bonds?

April 4, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

If you are fan of Warren Buffett, you may have seen his most recent opinion about investing in bonds. In his annual shareholder letter, he basically said if you own...

Road to Retirement: How inflation could destroy markets, or not

March 7, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

With President Joe Biden's administration looking to pass another $2 trillion stimulus plan, and with some in government prepping the markets for another stimulus bill later this year (infrastructure), investors...

Road to Retirement: Why value investing still isn鈥檛 working

February 7, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

If you yearn for the days when you could buy good companies on the cheap, get a big dividend, and watch the price rise as the rest of the investing...

Road to Retirement: Start 2021 on the right financial foot

January 3, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

Most people are happy to bid 2020 farewell and embrace the prospect of better times in 2021. In terms of your finances, here are five things you can do to...

Road to Retirement: To understand this market, think crazy thoughts

December 6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Since late March of this year, the financial markets have defied some of the most fundamental principles of investing: they go up even when things look bad. If you are...

Road to Retirement: How politics will impact your nest egg

November 1, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

With the election looming just a few days away, many investors are wondering if the outcome will impact their retirement portfolios. While the outcome is no doubt important in many...

Road to Retirement: Low rates present tough choices for retired investors

October 6, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

If you鈥檙e like many retired investors, you鈥檝e been waiting for the dawn of higher interest rates to boost your retirement income. Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve recently put the final nail...

Road to Retirement: The market only needs one thing

September 6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

If you鈥檝e been a student of the stock market, then you probably believe that the stock market is supposed to reflect the underlying fundamentals of the economy and corporate profitability....

Road to Retirement: The stock market makes sense, and that makes me nervous

August 2, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

When most investors look at the terrible economic numbers and then look at the rising stock market, they think, this makes no sense. How can the economy be so bad,...

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