by David Edge | Jul 4, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
Americans love to be outdoors for this holiday and what better way to celebrate than to have picnics, cold watermelon, corn on the cob, hand-cranked ice cream, ribs, chicken, hot dogs and burgers on the grill, band concerts, and a dip in the pool or water skiing at...
by David Schaeffer | Jul 2, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
People change their minds. People change their opinions. People change their hair color. People change their jobs, their friends, their… whatever! Change is what we do. You get the point. We humans seem to always want something different. For me, I’m content with a...
by David Edge | Jun 25, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
Dave and Diane had met with us a few years ago and had determined that at age 65 they would both keep working and keep their employer plans for healthcare, and not sign up for Medicare. We reminded them that is okay if the health plan at work is “Creditable Coverage”...
by Marc Frye | Jun 20, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
Happy June, fellow investors! Money comes in different shapes and sizes. I’m not talking about the physicality of money. I’m talking about the classification of money. Some assets are for us to use now to buy things that we want. Some are used to create an income...
by Sharon Groves | Jun 18, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
There are no downsides to giving up sugar or even cutting back (other than cravings). So why don’t we? We all love sugar, and, in many cases, are addicted to it. What’s a birthday without our cake? Not fun. It all comes down to our choices. Here’s how sugar can...
by David Edge | Jun 13, 2019 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
When many of us were growing up we watched the nightly news; Walter Cronkite, Huntley-Brinkley. Remember the “Proud as a Peacock” logo on one of these news broadcasts? The news was pretty straightforward and there were many more facts and less editorial comments. In...