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What Will You Sacrifice for Your Child to Graduate Debt-Free?
My parents’ education was limited to a few college classes after high school. Although they worked full-time until retirement age, their compensation only covered the basic necessities. Their seven children had to work their way through high school and college to...
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Confidence is a result, but courage is a choice
Originally published in the News Star and the Shreveport Times on Sunday, July 17, 2016. Question: I have a lot of big dreams for my business, but I end up getting scared out of them. On paper my plans make sense to me, but I keep worrying about all the “what ifs.”...
Let’s Make the Tough Decisions
Money Matters (July 2016) By Chuck Dudley NO BETTER TIME THAN TODAY Recently, I attended the Mass Mutual Leaders Conference. The agent of the year was a man named Steve Dark from Southern California. He made a very nice speech, and one thing he said struck home...
Profiles in Success: Bhan Thai
For our latest Profiles in Success video we visited Bhan Thai in Memphis, TN. Owner Molly Smith was kind enough to talk with us about how she has succeeded in the restaurant business. You can visit Bhan Thai at 1324 Peabody Ave Memphis, TN 38104. You can also learn...
Retirement Times: The High Price of Yield and Perceived Safety
The High Price of Yield and Perceived Safety Since the inception of markets there have been particular investments that garnered the attention of investors above all others. In the 1600s it was the tulip mania and at the turn of this century, tech stocks had...
Investment Outlook July 2016: The World, the U.S. and the Markets
The World, the U.S. and the Markets Overview • The U.S. economy is in divergence from the economies of Europe and China. • Europe is growing more slowly than the U.S. and now faces the added stress of the British exit from the EU. • China continues to slow and is now...
Why Freedom?
Originally published in the News Star and the Shreveport Times on Sunday, July 3, 2016. Question: What is the whole Brexit thing about? Answer: Some say economics. Others say identity. Still others freedom. Great Britain has been a part of the European Union (EU) 43...
When will double digit interest rates return? Part 2
Investment Insights MIKE JONES Read Part 1 Last month I quoted the following from Ed Easterling at Crestmont Research: So, from 2016, what length of time is needed to assure that you will receive the historical long-term average return of 10.1%? NEVER - investors from...
Retirement Times: June 2016
Oversimplification in Target Date Funds Endangers Participants’ Retirement Savings How are custom solutions evolving to mitigate risk? Part III Last month we featured Part II of Oversimplification in Target Date Funds Endangers Participants’ Retirement Savings - How...
Finding the Right Path
Money Matters (June 2016) By Chuck Dudley Recently, our Senior Pastor Emeritus at First United Methodist Church of Hot Springs, David Wilson, filled in for our vacationing pastor. His sermon was about love and overcoming hardships, and in the text of the sermon he...