A new bear market begins every 4.8 years on average.[i] Since 1929 there have been 16 bear markets, where a bear market is described as a 20% or more decline. The average bear market lasts 17 months and the time needed to recover from a bear market averages around 60 months.[ii] Knowing these simple facts …

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Client experience

If you want to be successful, you have to have a plan. If you don’t have a plan, you’re not going to be successful; it’s as simple as that. What about your friend’s birthday? If you want to have a birthday party, you must plan for it. You’ll need to decide when and where you’ll …

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Is it working for you or against you

Most Americans have enough money in their 401K to live three to six years, if they’re lucky, once they retire.[i]  Why?  The answer is simple.  People get discouraged and disillusioned when the earnings on their savings/investments don’t grow as fast as they had hoped due to market corrections, low interest rates, fees and penalties that …

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Long term benefits of consistently saving and reducing your debt

Being in control is key to becoming successful.  And being in control is different than merely thinking we are in control when others are really pulling our string. A man greatly admired by our current president and Hillary Clinton was a genius when it came to defining control.  We can learn a lot from this …

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How it works with Dr. Tom McFie

 If history teaches anything, it is that government cannot be trusted with the management of money.  When the value of a currency depends entirely on the judgment and conscience of politicians, disaster looms. It doesn’t matter if they are Roman emperors, French revolutionaries, or our own Continental Congress.  Issuing money faster than the reserves that …

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