Stocks in publicly traded companies around the world have had a very tough October. The S&P 500, a measure of large US stocks, is down over 8% in October alone which has wiped out the gains [...]
One of the first steps in the financial planning process is organizing all the various facts of a person’s financial life. This includes income, savings contributions such as 401ks, outstanding [...]
When the prices of goods and services increase over time, consumers can buy fewer of them with every dollar they have saved. This erosion of the real purchasing power of wealth is called [...]