How Advertising Can Make You a Better Investor Advertisers are great investors. They build billion-dollar brands based on an idea. That’s just exactly what cryptocurrency and religion have in common—an idea. Ideas are powerful! How can knowing a […]
Physician Retirement Jokes and Funny Doctor Retirement Quotes Funny Doctor retirement quotes are no laughing matter. After all, deciding to end your clinical career is serious business. Let’s look at some physician retirement jokes to make me feel better […]
‘Identity Bridging’ in Retirement Let’s face it—some people are scared to retire. It’s not a matter of what to do with the time; it is a matter of what my identity is in retirement. Who am I […]
Merton, SeLFIES, and Target Retirement Solutions Merton is a smart guy. He started publishing on lifecycle investing in 1969. He won a Nobel for valuing derivatives. Like most academics, he looks at the retirement problem differently than us in […]
Does Standard Deduction Apply to Capital Gains? There is a separate (and some would say mystical) taxation system for long-term capital gains and qualified dividends. Let’s talk about Long-Term Capital Gains Tax and how the standard deduction applies to capital […]
Bring Good Things to Life Bring good things to life. More than a motto, it is how you become an adult. Eventually, you birth yourself and your children. Emotional adulthood requires a growth mindset. It requires that we think […]
If You Don’t Run Your Mind, Someone Else Will Initially, life feels like a game. Maybe checkers, but if you keep playing that way, you lose to the folks playing chess. Eventually, you realize if you don’t run your mind, […]
Should You Rebalance Your Portfolio in Retirement? When you are retired, should you rebalance your portfolio? Of course, it depends on your goals, timeframe, and the purpose of the money. But what evidence supports portfolio rebalancing when retired? I will […]
Retirement Synchronicity Finding synchronicity in retirement is enjoyable; you might want to try it. Why not increase the chance of meaningful coincidences? After all, some of the best moments in life are unplanned and unscripted. Life is what happens […]
