Provided by Nick Boeckman, CFP® Imagine if you could preview your retirement in advance. In a sense, you can. Financially and mentally, you can “rehearse” for the third act of your life, while still enjoying the second. Pretend you are retired for a month or two....
Favorable forecasts lead analysts to raise their projections for the year ahead. Provided by Nick Boeckman, CFP® Corporate earnings season has begun, and the results are turning heads on Wall Street. Of the 120 companies in the S&P 500 index that reported numbers...
COLA and Social Security. Provided by Nick Boeckman, CFP® The news keeps getting better for Social Security recipients. It’s now projected that benefits will increase 6.1% in 2022, up from the 4.7% forecast just two months ago. That would be the most significant...
What’s behind the quiet fall in bond yields? Provided by Nick Boeckman, CFP® With all the attention given to inflation, stock prices, and job reports, it’s been easy to overlook the remarkable move in the bond market during the past few months. The yield on the...
With people marrying later in life these days, coverage has become even more important. Provided by Nick Boeckman, CFP® When you marry, you buy life insurance. Right? You buy it out of consideration for your spouse, and also realize that in the event of either your...
