Category: The Opening Bell

Bonnie Bell January 31, 2019

Ever since Jim’s Succession Letter went out last month announcing that Forrest has become President of Bell Investment Advisors, people ...

James F. Bell January 31, 2019

…So wrote Charles Dickens in his famous opening line of A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens wrote this novel in ...

Forrest Bell, CFP® October 25, 2018

With the S&P 500 fully recovered from the correction earlier this year, and hovering near its all-time high, the current ...

James F. Bell October 25, 2018

On September 1, 2018, the California State Legislature adjourned without conforming the California State Income Tax to any part of ...

Bonnie Bell October 25, 2018

It seems like, every year, the very day after Labor Day I am ambushed by fall. While I am still ...

James F. Bell July 23, 2018

In 2017 investors benefited from an unusually non-volatile market with consistent growth, but 2018 has been notably less euphoric. So ...

Forrest Bell, CFP® July 23, 2018

On October 8, 2017, a fire began in Calistoga, California, that would kill 43 people and displace 100,000 others. Because ...

Bonnie Bell July 23, 2018

Who doesn’t love a vacation? The mere word, which means “planned time spent not working,” along with other descriptors such ...

Forrest Bell, CFP® April 19, 2018

What About Umbrella Insurance? Last month, the radio show Radiolab aired a story about the Benrath Senior Center in Dusseldorf, ...