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Are we at the market top? The simple answer is that no one knows. I will volunteer to tell you the answer, but not until long after we are past that market top.

In August of 2017, Nationstar mortgage underwent a large branding campaign to become known as, wait for it, Mr. Cooper.

How do you know when you should hire a competent Certified Financial Planner™? This blog contains a list of reasons that should make you consider hiring one.

It is hard to imagine life without a bank account in the modern world. However, you might be surprised to learn that as much as 7% of American households do not have a bank account. Who are these people? Why don’t they have a bank account of some kind?

Many statements (including statistics), are absolutely true, yet virtually meaningless. Intelligent and experienced investors should not succumb to craziness in the media.

Two fundamental emotions that drive investors are fear and greed. Empirically, emotions shouldn’t influence our decisions. Data, facts, and statistics should overpower emotions.

Stock splits have no effect on the value of a stock, so what effect do share splits have on a Mutual Fund? Even less effect, if that is possible.

In the next several years, a massive amount of wealth will be transferring hands, as Baby Boomers are inheriting assets from aging parents, and Boomers themselves are retiring. Financial advising and wealth management as a career should be viewed as an opportunity to participate in the orderly transition of an estimated $31 trillion of wealth between generations over the next few decades.

In June of this year, I reported on some announced changes implemented by the Trump Administration in an effort to “fix” our Health Insurance industry. This was necessitated when his own party failed to honor their campaign promises to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Set back, but undaunted, the Administration is making badly needed changes.