My journey to become a Financial Planner began after my father died and my mother moved to Florida. My mom was appalled at the treatment her...
Warren began his career in finance in 1991, working for a regional brokerage firm. He later began working as a Financial Planner for a bank in...
Only those of ‘a certain age’ will be able to fill in the blanks in today’s title. For those who are younger, here’s a link to some information about it. This TV show was part of my youth, offering weekly feel-good stories about a band of Merry Men who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
Why do we make dumb money mistakes? The easy answer is that we can’t help ourselves. We are evolutionarily programed to take shortcuts. Our brain is wired to be expedient. Expediency is not always rational.
This irrational behavior is the underpinning of behavioral finance, the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of investors.
"Up, Up and Away" is a 1967 song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by the 5th Dimension. Although it did well on the charts, it’s been a while so let me remind you of the next few words: ‘in my beautiful balloon’.
I thought of the song as I was talking to a younger friend who graduated from college in 2009.
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