It rarely starts calmly. A headline breaks. Markets react. Another update follows—then another. Before long, the story feels like it’s shifting by the hour. And with every new development, there’s that quiet pressure in the background: Should I be doing something right now? That feeling is common. It’s also where many investment decisions start to drift off course. The Problem Isn’t the Headlines—It’s the Speed Market-moving news has always been part of investing. What’s changed...
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Many retirement plans are built on a quiet assumption: that spending stays roughly the same from year one to year thirty. It sounds reasonable. But research suggests it's not how retirement actually works — and planning around that assumption might create more anxiety than it prevents. The Retirement Fear That Can Hold People Back Running out of money consistently ranks as one of the top retirement fears in national surveys.¹ That fear is understandable. But...
How often do you set new financial goals? How often do you achieve them? Most of us aren’t very successful with our goals, even when we have the best intentions and strong willpower.1 Sometimes, that’s because we’re setting unattainable goals. Other times, we’re missing the big picture and setting our goals with blinders on.