Running out of Money?
We all have two basic wishes for our retirement, sufficient money to live on and the health to enjoy it. Ironically, good health could be the very reason you don’t...
Is it Safe Yet?
As we wrap up what has become a surprisingly good year for the stock market, it’s becoming more and more tempting to overweight stocks. With money market...
California versus the Media.
Municipal bonds have been under a great deal of market pressure recently as stories of pending defaults are circulated and re-circulated in the media...
Good Timing Depends on Your Timeframe.
We keep reading about record levels of cash being held by investors as they await the opportunity to invest their cash in the next big selloff in stocks. Unfortunately...
Time to Sell Your Bonds?
Bonds, and by extension bond mutual funds, have posted remarkably strong returns in the past two years. Unfortunately bonds, unlike stocks, have a finite...
Gold: Inflation Hedge or Speculative Tool?
Whenever there is talk of inflation investors tend to think of gold as a good inflation hedging tool. But is it? The short answer is no. While the price of gold has...
