by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Oct 9, 2019 | Financial Education, Retirement
The 401(k) plan is the most popular employer-sponsored retirement plan today. Sixty-five percent of employers offer a 401(k) or similar plan to their employees. The world today has largely shifted the burden of retirement savings from the employer to the employee....
by Jeannette Jones | Aug 28, 2019 | Financial Education, Investing & Markets
In the United States we arguably live in one of the most peaceful and prosperous times in our county’s history. Our husbands and brothers are not being drafted into war. Most of us worry more about our weight than we do where our next meal will come from; and we...
by taaginc | Jun 19, 2019 | Financial Education, Smart Spending
Have you ever had a waiter or waitress take your order without writing it down? Whenever that happens to me, I am so impressed when my order comes out correctly. In the days when I waited tables, I tried the memory method. I would take an order and recite it in my...
by taaginc | Apr 17, 2019 | Financial Education
From Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Also available at us.dimensional.com/perspectives/getting-to-the-point-of-a-point A quick online search for “Dow rallies 500 points” yields a cascade of news stories with similar titles, as does a similar search for “Dow drops 500...
by taaginc | Dec 26, 2018 | Financial Education, Investment Management
(Here’s the Prescription by David Jones is from the December 2018 Dimensional Fund Advisors publication) David Jones brings 25 years of financial planning experience to his role as Head of Financial Advisor Services, EMEA and Vice President at Dimensional Fund...
by Chip Workman | Nov 14, 2018 | Financial Education
Least Understood Financial Terms I recently read an article about a survey conducted on consumer confidence around financial terminology. Very simply, respondents were asked to indicate how confident they were in understanding certain terms. Terms that ranked...
