Posts tagged fee-only financial planning
Using a Fee-Only Financial Advisor: Your Guide to Smarter Investment Choices

You've worked hard for your money, and now it's time to make your money work for you. As you approach retirement or think about your financial future, you might be wondering how to make smarter investment choices. That's where a fee-only financial advisor comes in.

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What is Financial Success?

If we look at society and societal norms, a lot of weight is given to success when it comes to defining happiness. If we see a person who is successful, it is often assumed that they are happy. On an existential level we should consider what it all means. In reality, we actually have no idea whether or not that person is either happy or successful; for a couple of reasons: First of all, we can only measure someone else’s success or happiness by what we know about them.

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Retirement, the elusive dream?

 I read an article from the Star Tribune (our local Minnesota newspaper) earlier today entitled Aging America: For some blue-collar Americans, retirement is nothing more than elusive dream.

The story follows that sad tail of Tom Edwards, a 53 year old logger, who thinks he will never be able to retire.  

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