Michael Maehl: Don’t start with numbers with planning retirement It’s been my experience over my career that people often will spend more time and effort planning April 23, 2015
The expensive misconception about bond safety For more than a generation, when considering what to do with their investments, one of the primary b March 12, 2015
Benefits of lower oil prices outweigh any negatives Reasonable people can disagree. I’ve learned that this truism is what, ultimately, drives markets January 29, 2015
In the stock market, current trend is our friend It was a day on which very little else seemed to happen, but 20 years ago, Dec. 8, 1994, we had the December 4, 2014
What a stronger U.S. dollar means to investors After a weak start to 2014, the U.S. dollar muscled its way higher this summer, and the gains look a November 6, 2014
Evaluating when to board your financial lifeboat If you’ve ever gone on a cruise or been aboard a vessel that’s going to be out at sea for a whil August 14, 2014
Bond investors should be preparing for volatility For the last 30-plus years, it hasn’t particularly mattered whether you owned bond funds or indivi June 19, 2014
Ignore all of the uproar over high-frequency trading By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 April 24, 2014
Five errors to avoid when managing financial assets After more than four decades of helping investors around the country manage their financial assets, March 13, 2014
Despite some pessimism, investors should be bullish on '14 "There are only two kinds of forecasters—those who don't know, and those who don't know they do December 5, 2013
Don't overlook oft-forgotten retirement expenses In talking with people about retirement, I've found a few areas that tend to be regularly The for March 14, 2013