Are bonds the best option? by Ron Finke
Investors talk about bonds as a financial holding and most own some. But I find few people really understand them. Why are they are considered safer than stocks? Why at times might they not be as safe as thought?Within the investment realm, one can only choose among four basic [...]
Financial parenting is a balancing act by Luke Davis
As a father of boys ages 5 and 1, I am the first to admit, I’m no parenting expert. In fact, there are days when I feel like a total parenting failure. But, I do my best, and seek wise counsel when possible. Since parenting is being discussed in my [...]
Ron Finke: Where best to invest in the year ahead?
Let’s take quick inventory of 2017 investing, then discuss what makes sense in this stage of the current strong bull market. Here are some calendar year results by major indexes and sectors: NASDAQ 100 9% Dow Jones Ind. 1% S&P [...]
Aaron Pickert: Many positive factors heading into the new year
Everyone loves a good forecast. Problem is they are hard to come by -- good forecasts. Like the broken clock, they are likely to be right twice a day. In reality, a positive market forecast has about a 70 percent chance of being right on the overall direction. In most [...]
Luke Davis: The legacy of Ebenezer Scrooge revisited
As most people do, during the Christmas season, I sat down with my family and watched a Christmas Carol this past weekend. Despite the fact that I have heard the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge dozens of times before, for some reason, this year my interpretation of how Charles Dickens characterized [...]
Ron Finke: Is this a bubble? A closer look.
Through last Friday’s markets close, the stock indexes have already had a great year. Dow, up 26; S&P 500, up 20; NASDAQ 100, up 31 percentages. Yes, we may still be only a Tweet away from disaster, but Mr. Market obviously has liked the change in business climate. Other [...]
Aaron Pickert: Is $1 million enough for retirement? Probably not.
If you have ever seen the Austin Powers movies, it is hard to get the image of Mike Myers as Dr. Evil holding the world ransom for 1 million dollars out of your mind. The comedic punchline is that he’s been out of the loop since the 1960’s, back when [...]
A Debt Free Christmas
It’s that time again. Even though it comes consistently at the same time every year, Christmas somehow always seems to sneak up on us. We say that next year we will save money throughout the year to reduce the burden of all the additional expenses related to the holiday, yet [...]
How to Leave Our Legacy
Last week I discussed the opportunity to pass on to our families our bedrock principles. Some refer to this as our social capital. Our inheritance may be large or small, but the beliefs and wisdom we have gained over decades should be far more valuable than cash one hundred years [...]
What Will Be Our Legacy?
Yesterday morning at the Kingdom Advisors monthly meeting, Bill High, leader of the National Christian Foundation—Heartland organization, spoke on the subject of Legacy Planning. KA, a national organization, consists of attorneys, accountants, insurance and financial advisors across the country who are dedicated to helping members of the Church at large [...]