Managing Anxiety in Uncertain Economic Times
A 24-hour news cycle means that it’s easy to catch up in the day-to-day flux of the financial world. WorthPointe Partner and San Diego Financial Planner, Ken Cortlett, CFP® reminds investors to stay focused on our individual long-term plans.
Read ArticleThe “F” Word for Financial Advisors
This post is a preview of WorthPointe’s e-book Evidence-Based Investing: Separating Fact From Fiction, written by Certified Financial Planner™ Scott O’Brien. In Evidence-Based Investing, Scott discusses the myths and misinformation that most often slow or halt our financial goals. Get your complimentary copy of Evidence-Based Investing here. A fellow falls in a hole and […]
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If you haven’t read my last two posts about filling out withholding forms and justifying low withholding, please take a look! Next up, I’d like to share some insider tips to make tax withholding work for you, especially if you started off with the wrong withholding rate, or if your income or deductions change during […]
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Read ArticleDon’t Confuse Information For Wisdom
This post is a preview of WorthPointe’s e-book Evidence-Based Investing: Separating Fact From Fiction, written by Certified Financial Planner™ Scott O’Brien. In Evidence-Based Investing, Scott discusses the myths and misinformation that most often slow or halt our financial goals. Get your complimentary copy of Evidence-Based Investing here. Information is not knowledge or judgment. The Internet […]
Read ArticleU.S. Stocks: Smart or Lucky?
How is today like 1997? Take a look at the following graph. The top two lines are U.S. stocks, large and small. Over the past seven years, they have far and away outrun the light blue line, which shows international stocks. 2010 to 2016 Source: Russell, Standard and Poor, Morgan Stanley Capital International. Charting software […]
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If you haven’t read my last post about cutting your federal tax withholding, Orange County Homeowners’ Guide to Cut Your Tax Withholding, please take a look before reading the information below. Once you have your federal W4 ready, your next steps are to file it and to verify you’re getting the savings you expect. The […]
Read ArticleThe Likelihood of Beating Marketplace Odds
This post is a preview of WorthPointe’s e-book Evidence-Based Investing: Separating Fact From Fiction, written by Certified Financial Planner™ Scott O’Brien. In Evidence-Based Investing, Scott discusses the myths and misinformation that most often slow or halt our financial goals. Get your complimentary copy of Evidence-Based Investing here. Just because a certain money manager or mutual […]
Read ArticleIncome In Our Golden Years
As adults, we know the importance of saving for retirement. It’s really easy. Just set up an automatic withdrawal from each month’s paycheck and direct it into a retirement account. What becomes trickier is the amount we should be saving and how we should best invest it. But what happens as we enter retirement? We’ve […]
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Do you get big tax refunds every year? Cut them out! This article will show you how. In a following article, I offer to help you fill out your W4 and DE-4, or check your math, for free. (See details to follow; there’s no sales pitch, no obligation of any kind.) Also in a […]
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