Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above to view). My years of experience has shown me that women often make better decisions about money than men. Women and men do think differently about money. That’s a good thing! It means more than one […]
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1-minute video: Delay Savings?
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above to view). Many people don’t fully realize how important time is to their savings and investing. If you start early, you can actually save less each month, and come out further ahead, as compared to delaying […]
1-minute video: The Dynamic Effect of Saving More
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). Most people don’t realize that saving for retirement is a moving target. Because you save more, you’re spending less, and thus your retirement target has moved. It has moved making it easier to retire, simply because […]
1-minute video: How Long Will My Retirement Savings Last?
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). The concepts of “Probability of the Portfolio” and “Probability of the Person” are discussed further in “Just what should an annual checkup do for you during retirement?“ // My 1-minute video series on YouTube. My Knowledge […]
1-minute video: When Can I Retire?
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). Here’s a discussion, for more insight, into the “Retirement Feasibility Timeline.” The effect of making small adjustments is talked about in the video about the “Dynamic Effect of Saving More.” The concept of the “Standard of […]
1-minute video: Retired Standard of Individual Living
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). The concept of Standard of Individual Living, what I call your SOIL, is discussed and how it is “individual” because your lifestyle is unique only to you. Connecting today’s SOIL to your retirement SOIL, is critical […]
1-minute video: The Source of the Cost of Delaying Savings
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). “Stacking” refers the the fact that each contribution you make, at different times, have different timeframes in which they grow by compounding. Thus, each contribution has different outcomes. This fact is rarely discussed so that people realize […]
1-minute video: About Better Financial Education
Please enjoy this 1-minute video (for those receiving this by email: please click on the blog title line above). More on the flying analogy in the video and how it, and my military flying experience, relates to planning and investing. // Larry’s Bio My 1-minute video series on YouTube. My Knowledge Center video library. How […]
What fear can teach us
Your Fears are the stories you tell yourself … the outline of fear mirrors the outline for story telling. Here are some key points Karen makes in the video below. Fears focus on a fundamental question … what will happen next? The answer often focuses on the story about all the things that might happen […]
Pandemics and Your Money.
Pandemics, like the diseases themselves, run their course. The coronavirus will also run its course, as will its impact on global markets. This article isn’t about COVID-19. Rather this piece is about human nature and investing, and by extension, the success or failure of your long-term financial plan. What really should be unexpected in this […]