The Expected Family Contribution
Financial aid for college is anything but expected. But what you can expect is having to determine your Expected Family Contribution...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 11: Ouch! Health Care During Retirement Hurts!
$288,400! That's what the HealthView Services' 2016 Retirement Health Care Costs Data Report shows the average healthy 65-year-old couple...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 10: Treat You Like You'd Treat You.
I love the Discover Card commercials where they feature the client talking on the phone with a customer service representative. The...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 9: Springtime is a Good Time to Review Your Financial Plans.
“China Market Drop Leads to Worries of Further Turmoil”. Wall Street Journal – January 4, 2016 “Dow, S&P Off to the Worst Starts Ever...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 7: Variable Annuity In Your IRA? That's Brutal!
Let’s be totally honest. If a financial advisor, broker or other so-called investment professional advises you to purchase a variable...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 6: Roth IRAs as a College Savings Strategy
College savings strategies are a reality in my household. My youngest is a sophomore in high school and my oldest is already in college....
Sunday Morning Quick Hits # 5 - Retirement a Phenomenon of the 20th Century?
Friends and family closest to me know that my passion for the Fighting Illini is borderline unhealthy, that I think Mr. T should have won...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits #2
We constantly meet with prospective clients whose current advisers, in our opinion, are not providing them what they need to be...
Sunday Morning Quick Hits #1
When determining how much money you are going to have in the future, your savings rate is far more important than your rate of return....
