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How the Dow Led to Modern Index Investing

If you listen to the news of the day on your way to work in the morning, chances are you ...
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Learning to Fail

There’s an odd new-ish problem besieging a certain segment of our population that deserves some attention: it appears that the ...
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California Real Estate and Retirement Possibilities

A caption to a Wall Street Journal article from November 2016 read, “Home prices set a record in September (2016), ...
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It’s Not All About Trump!

With all of the political drama and turmoil in Washington, it is a good counterpoint that America, Europe, Asia, and ...
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What Do the South Carolina Gamecocks Know About Life Coaching?

This is not exactly a question on the tip of everyone’s tongue in the midst of March Madness. However, the ...
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Don’t Pay Attention to Predictions

2016 was a horrible year for professional predictors, forecasters, fortune tellers, and pollsters. The year demonstrated why it is impossible ...
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Forrest Bell, CFP®
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Life Insurance: What to Consider

In an August interview, investment consultant and founder of Greenwich Associates, Charles Ellis, talked about the power of marketing. To ...
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The Resolution Revolution

By the time you read this, the new year will be at least a couple of weeks old, and if ...
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Forrest Bell, CFP®
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Knowledge Work: Finding and Funding a College Education

For more than a decade now, the US economy has shifted away from manufacturing and toward what the late business ...
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