By Kevin Theissen Here’s a stock market prediction for you: It will crash. Winter is coming. Wait, you mean spring, right? Nope, winter in the market is coming. We are currently in an eight-year bull market. Bear markets, defined as a […]
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It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble
By Kevin Theissen “It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so,” wrote Mark Twain. In 2016, NerdWallet commissioned a survey to get a better handle on Americans’ thoughts about lying when money is involved. It’s interesting to note which money-saving […]
Monthly market insights
By Kevin Theissen The U.S Market The bull market celebrated its eighth anniversary in March, but stock prices were mixed for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.7 percent, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ended essentially flat. […]
Beware of schemes during tax season
By Kevin Theissen It’s tax season! Every year, around this time, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publishes its dirty dozen—a list of scams criminals use to try and ferret out personal information and/or steal money. For example, if you received […]
Are you thinking about starting a business?
By Kevin Theissen While many of us have thought about starting our own businesses, not all of us actually do. Why not make 2017 the year you take the dream out of your head and put it into practice? Yes, you […]
Monthly market insights tallies as 2017 begins
By Kevin Theissen Major market indices reached new historical highs in January, highlighted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaking the 20,000 milestone. However, political issues, along with a succession of disappointing earnings reports, trimmed gains in the final days […]
Burgernomics: A Big Mac Index update
By Kevin Theissen Ahh, the Big Mac. Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun. The special sauce actually is not a secret and has been available for years – it consists of […]
Stay calm and open a Health Savings Account
By Kevin Theissen Healthcare. Retirement. Those may be two of the most stressful words in the English language today. Especially when you include them both in the same sentence. For instance, a married couple that saves $326,000 has a 90 […]