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3 interesting things I saw this week – January 6, 2023

January 6, 2023 By Mike

2023 will likely be much better for conservative investors. Compound returns don’t just work for stocks. Is O’douls still around?

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Filed Under: Planning Tagged With: Behavioral Finance, Market History

3 interesting things I saw this week – December 2, 2022

December 2, 2022 By Mike

More options for a $1 million mortgage. Why people worry about yield curve inversions. Secrets to keeping wealth.

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Filed Under: 3 Interesting Things, Planning Tagged With: Behavioral Finance, Mortgage, Recessions

3 interesting things I saw this week – June 23, 2022

June 23, 2022 By Mike

Things that might go right. Once things can’t get worse they get better. Now comes the crypto hangover.

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Filed Under: 3 Interesting Things, Planning Tagged With: Cryptocurrency, Markets

3 interesting things I saw this week – March 18, 2021

March 18, 2021 By Mike

The stimulus plan and you. Another example of why it’s better to be lucky than good. Inflation is good for borrowers.

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Filed Under: 3 Interesting Things, Personal Finance 101, Tax Planning Tagged With: Home Ownership, Inflation, Market History, Taxes

3 interesting things I saw this week – January 8, 2021

January 8, 2021 By Mike

The world’s unluckiest investor still does something right. Global trends. Advice for keeping those resolutions.

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Filed Under: 3 Interesting Things, Planning Tagged With: Investing

Do I need life insurance after I retire from Virginia Tech?

September 21, 2020 By Mike

In a conversation recently I got the following question; “Do I need life insurance after I retire from Virginia Tech?” Now, this question is not specific to just Virginia Tech employees. Anyone who is within 10 years of retirement should be thinking about this.

My response, as is often the case, was “It depends”.

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Filed Under: Insurance Planning, Retirement Planning Tagged With: Life Insurance, Radford, Retirement Planning, Virginia Tech

3 interesting things I saw this week – August 22, 2020

August 22, 2020 By Mike

Small business recovery grants now available. Why so many people are unhappy in retirement. The stock market just had it’s best 100 day rally ever. No one is throwing a Zoom party.


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Filed Under: 3 Interesting Things, Markets, Retirement Planning, Small Business Tagged With: Markets, Retirement Planning, Small Business

Optimal retirement plans for the self-employed and side businesses

June 30, 2020 By Mike

From time to time when working with self-employed clients or those that have a side business, I find that the retirement plans they are using aren’t optimal. Sometimes they’ve outgrown the plan they started with. In other cases they didn’t know a better option existed. Whatever the situation, if you’re self-employed or do some freelance work and it’s been a while since you reviewed the options, you might find a better fit for your needs. 

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Filed Under: Retirement Planning, Small Business Tagged With: Radford, Self-employed, Small Business, Virginia Tech

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