Don’t Skip Your Fall Financial Check-Up
Especially given the havoc that COVID-19 is having on our economy, now is the right time to review your financial system.
Optimistic or Pessimistic? How About Realistic
When it comes to your financial system, managing risk realistically can be the difference between success and failure.
Federal Employees and Thrift Savings Plans . . . You Have Options
You know, it seems in a span of a few years Jill and I will have gone from a house of energetic adolescents to being empty-nesters. I am not going to lie to you; I am going to miss all of them. Over the years, our advice to Maeve, Phoebe, and Sophie was to always […]
The Buy-and-Hold Works . . . Until it Doesn’t
With Maeve home from school and Phoebe and Sophie on break for Thanksgiving weekend a few weeks back, it was just great to have all the Cutters together. With Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, Christmas is now in our sights. Over Thanksgiving weekend, we put up the tree, decorated the house, and everyone was in […]
Do You Have a Retirement Blind Spot?
I’ve mentioned here before about the new drivers in our house, Sophie and Phoebe. I won’t lie to you that I have to get mentally prepared before hopping into that passenger’s seat with my new drivers; and may even double up on the blood pressure medicine to boot. Seriously, it’s a great feeling to see […]
Lessons I Learned from the Pats
Jill and I spent Super Bowl Sunday with about a half a dozen friends at a couple’s house in Plymouth. Our hosts were Kevin and Marie, who I wrote about and introduced you to last October. Kevin and Marie are in their mid-50s, both have professional careers, and have one daughter in college with two […]