Manage Your Money

April 11, 2012

've had 63 years of business experience; 63 years of trial and error since my father set me up with a paper route at the age of 9, telling me he would only pay for the roof over my head and food from then on. He was true to his word and while it was harsh by today’s standards, it sure was effective. That’s when I got serious about making my way and have certainly made my share of errors along the way. What I’ve learned is that the recipe for success is the faithful practice of just four basic ingredients. Achieving success, whether in business or personal finance, is within reach of everyone.

by Ted Hunter

March 21, 2012

Did you see what happened this week on Wall Street? It was quite a story! Last Wednesday, an executive director at Goldman Sachs resigned through an op-ed article in the NY Times. It was really something, the guy just unloaded about the toxic work environment where doing right by clients was not even a topic at sales meetings. The focus was on ripping clients off in a variety of ways including by persuading them to invest in products left on the books that the company was trying to dump. He even shared that he had seen no less than five different managing directors refer to their own clients as “muppets” in emails. It’s shocking and yet somehow it’s also not a surprise, right?

by Ted Hunter

February 2, 2012

Estate Planning. Just the mention of the subject is enough to turn off the brain. Well stick with me for a minute, because we all need it and also because I believe I can quickly show you how over 85% of adults can do a really good job of estate planning in just a couple of hours. And the best part? It's free! In my opinion, all most people need to do are these 5 things.

by Ted Hunter

January 18, 2012

It’s never too late to establish some good financial habits and secure your finances. The single smartest financial habit to adopt is to save 15% to 20% of your income each month. This is the number that will ensure you are never caught unprepared and are building a strong financial future.

by Ted Hunter

December 15, 2011

If you're over 50 without a retirement plan, you may be saying to yourself, "OMG! I'm all grown up with almost no retirement savings. Now what do I do?" They say that 90% of the solution to a problem is understanding how it happened. So let's start by examining how most people got into this mess.

by Ted Hunter

November 30, 2011

The game of long-term financial planning has changed. There are many reasons for this change: the inevitable impact of our government's massive debts, the high likelihood that the stock market will continue its ten-year-plus underperformance for at least another decade or more, also that the economy will be weaker than normal for a long time to come, that the current historically low interest rates cannot be maintained, and that the dollar will unavoidably become much weaker at some point have all combined to change the game.

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