Successful Retirement Based on Strategy

I have been around the financial advice industry long enough to understand all “financial advisors” are not cut from the same cloth.  There are financial advisors that work for large insurance companies and there are others, like myself, who are independent and...

What You Do, Depends on What you Own

March 23, 2020 Dear Clients and Friends, After another weekend of COVID-19 news I’m sure we are all on edge as we wait to see what the market has in store for the upcoming week. First and foremost, regardless of my opinion or anyone else’s, no one knows what to...

Market Volatility

by Bill DeShurko and Jim Kilgore, CFP “Simply put, our economy is strong, unemployment is at a 50-year low, household income is at a 20-year high, consumer sentiment is near record highs, and corporate earnings continue to impress.” http://www.Zacks.com Q: So...

“Lies – damn lies – and statistics”

I love statistics. My favorite book is “Money Ball” by Michael Lewis about how Billy Beane turned around the Oakland A’s baseball team with the help of Paul DePodesta. The two combined to rethink how to evaluate talent – removing the “gut feel” of a scout and...

Big Changes to IRA’s

At 401 Advisor, we take great pride in making sure investors are aware of legislation that affects their retirement savings and we try to ensure we keep our clients informed in a timely fashion when changes are made that affect them.  Recently a bipartisan bill...

TNSTAAFL

by Bill DeShurko There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch The free lunch in the saying refers to the 19th-century practice in American bars of offering a “free lunch” to entice drinking customers. Obviously, bars weren’t in the business...