Busted Bracket

Well, I’m completely cooked, my bracket is toast after the first round of the NCAA tournament!  Filling out your bracket with your favorite picks is a fun gamble that may or may not pan out.  Quite the opposite of financial planning which allows for more inputs in...

My best investments

When you think of your best investments, does a particular stock, collectable, digital currency, or real estate come to mind?  For me, I believe my best investment is my health.  As we mark the one-year point into this pandemic, it’s difficult at times to recall how...

Spend your dough 

Much has been written about saving, investing, and planning for tomorrow.  What is discussed less in written form is how to spend all those dollars you’ve saved.  How you formulate your spending decisions is very personal.  Even so, there seems to be fewer guidelines...

Dividends and Equities

Take a look at your 12/31 investment statements.  Specifically, review the dividends credited to your accounts on your statement.  They are not insignificant if your portfolio is constructed of many different companies.  Dividends from the equities you own are...