by Alan Hopkins | Oct 21, 2019 | Community, Retirement
You hear a lot in the press about “elder abuse,” and the image that comes to mind is physical abuse or violence. But the most likely scenario, according to the AARP, is the 20-year-old son gently accompanying his elderly grandmother to the bank, where she querulously...
by Robert Katch | Oct 19, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Financial Planning
These days, we use actual paper money and coins less and less often, as credit and debit cards—and, more recently, our phones—handle the payments for what we buy. Have you ever wondered: what would it look like if we went entirely cashless? To see, all we have to do...
by Robert Katch | Oct 14, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Investing
How should you invest in a down market? If you want a guidepost, let’s look back to the terrible, traumatic down market of 2008-2009. You’re going through relentless, daily and weekly losses (remember that?), and the feeling at the time was that the global economy had...
