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...
by Robert Katch | Jul 18, 2019 | Financial Planning, Retirement
If you imagine that the U.S. Congress would create a simple, easy-to-understand system for determining when you can make contributions to retirement accounts, and which accounts, and how much, then you would be totally wrong. Nobody knows why the patchwork of ages,...
by Robert Katch | Jul 15, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Financial Planning
You’ve probably heard, in campaign speeches by Democratic Presidential contenders, that almost half of all Americans couldn’t cover a $400 emergency expense. Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have all told audiences some version of this line....
by Robert Katch | Jul 8, 2019 | Economy & Markets
It can sometimes be hard to understand just how large the U.S. economy is compared with the other countries of the world. You’ve probably read that California, alone, if it were an independent country, would have the world’s fifth largest economy. But what about the...
