I was recently part of a book study with a group of men who happened to all be younger than me. During a discussion, one of them candidly commented in passing that he thinks too much about his retirement savings. It may have been a confession of sorts, but there wasn’t time to discuss it…
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Stock Market Volatility and “The Prudent Man Rule”
In case you haven’t noticed, after a relatively “quiet” first half of 2019, volatility has returned to the financial markets in a big way. The stock market was down about 3 percent just the other day. As I understand it, uneasiness about a trade war with China, a global economic slowdown, and increasing tensions with…
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12 “Hard Truths” For Graduates to Help Them Not Be Broke
I occasionally get the opportunity to talk about stewardship and money with young people (high school and college age). I am always grateful to get the chance and I always enjoy the interactions. We are near the end of the school year, a time when many will be graduating from high school or college. So…
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All You Need to Know About Personal Finance on a 3 x 5 Inch Index Card – Really?
A few years ago, a University of Chicago college professor named Harold Pollack remarked that everything you really needed to know about personal finance could be fit on a single 3×5 inch index card. Someone asked him to prove it, the result went viral, and Pollack actually ended up co-writing a book about it called…
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