by Jay Beattey | Jun 6, 2014 | Articles, Personal Finance, Retirement, Wealth Building
As my colleagues and I inform people about a pathway to personal wealth and retirement income that blows the socks off of “Wall Street” plans – we find more people coming to the defense of their 401k (or it’s close cousins – the IRA, 403b, 457, SIMPLE, and SEP). It’s...
by Jay Beattey | Jun 2, 2014 | Articles, Retirement, Wall Street
There’s not a whole lot of disagreement that another bubble is going to burst soon. The only debate is what “soon” means. The catalyst that brings on the next round of financial calamity may turn out to be a close relative of the catalyst that brought on the last...
by Jay Beattey | May 30, 2014 | Articles, Millennials, Personal Finance
Millennials (those between 13 and 32) aren’t investing. It’s not because they don’t have the money. It’s not because they don’t have a strong saving instinct (on the frugality scale – they’re closer to the Greatest Generation). And it’s not that they’re not saving....
by Jay Beattey | May 26, 2014 | Articles, Personal Finance, Retirement
I recently built this chart for a series of speaking engagements I was asked to deliver. I used it to make a variety of different points – many of which I’ll share with you in the coming weeks. But for starters, I wanted to highlight some thoughts about investing fees...
by Jay Beattey | May 19, 2014 | Articles, Retirement, Wealth Building
Chances are – you’ve looked at your 401k (or similar) statement lately and noticed that it has gone up in value. Congratulations! But on further inspection, is that growth a result of your wise investing decisions – or is something else going on? Before you...