by Sharon Groves | Jun 16, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
I hope as you read this, that you and your families are well. As we all are aware, this virus, and our isolation, is “unprecedented” in our American history. We are all “lonely or depressed” at some level. Especially if we are living alone. We all are needing that...
by David Edge | Jun 11, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
Sounds a tad Shakespearean, doesn’t it? Reminds me of an old joke where it’s Shakespeare’s “To be, or not to be”, or Frank Sinatra “To be, To Be, Toooo”. Hmmm…. I think I got sidetracked there for a minute. So? Working or not working? That’s the question. And whether...
by David Edge | Jun 4, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
OK, all together now, let’s get it out of our systems because it’s that time of year in the desert that we all say, “BUT, IT’S A DRY HEAT!”In our desert, we are thankful that during this past winter and spring we had cool temperatures, and we had exceptionally good...
by David Schaeffer | Jun 2, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
We are in a different world because the world we live in is always changing. What we are going through as a planet, we will get through. Agendas will be pushed from the left and the right, as they always have been. We will see the same things in the news as we always...
by Sharon Groves | May 26, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
These are some things to do to help ward off brain decline. *Prevention starts with food choices. What you eat is critical for brain health. Studies of people who ate a Western diet vs. those on a Mediterranean diet are striking. Western diets have much higher amyloid...
by Marc Frye | May 21, 2020 | Investments, Retirement Planning, The American Retirement Advisor Blog
What is a reverse mortgage? There are many myths and misconceptions on just what a reverse mortgage is, so let’s first talk about what it is not. The reverse mortgage of old, the one you hear about from your neighbors, your best friends, or a family member, is not...
by David Edge | May 19, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
We all know the old saying that “ignorance is bliss”. If that is true, why aren’t there more happy people? Over the past several weeks, I think we all got a real good dose of the average person here in the U.S.A. It’s not that there are bad people, it’s that people...
by David Edge | May 14, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
OK hopefully spring has sprung and we’re getting ready for summer! The kids have been home-schooling for a few weeks and Mom and Dad still might be working from home? Some of us haven’t had this much together time in …. years? What you are doing, and who you are doing...
by David Edge | May 7, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
It’s spring, the Queen of seasons, and are we happy yet? With all the ongoing onslaught of media stories on the Virus, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s bad, it’s improving, but wait! There might be an even greater second wave. Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, oh my!...
by David Schaeffer | May 5, 2020 | The American Retirement Advisor Blog
Wow. Last month I called the virus issue a Pandemic, two weeks before the government did, hoping this month to print a retraction. This month seems just eerie, surreal, not how things are supposed to be. I started prepping the house for supplies in October last year...