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When to Claim Social Security – Retirement | BlackRock
Delaying Social Security Can Add Up Determining when to collect Social Security benefits may be one of the most significant retirement...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
What global large-cap stocks do for your retirement portfolio – MarketWatch
Many U.S. investors are understandably reluctant to invest in international companies. But I think they are missing an important...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
Elderly People With Boosted Morale Tend To Live Longer, Study Says
A Scandinavian study has found that high morale is linked to longer life in the elderly. The study found that older people who have...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
How Positivity Makes You Healthy and Successful
When faced with setbacks and challenges, we’ve all received the well-meaning advice to “stay positive.” The greater the challenge, the...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
FidelityVoice: 6 Ways To Teach Your Children Philanthropy
An April 2013 survey of Fidelity Charitable® donors displayed a striking near unanimity of opinion on the importance that parents place...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
Charity Navigator: Oreos and Charity – Teaching Kids To Be Philanthropists
What could be more daunting than trying to teach the concept of philanthropy to a bunch of 5 year olds? Having to go after the parents...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
Board Games and Charity May Teach Responsibility to Wealthy Children – The Chronicle of Philan
Financial advisers of wealthy families say that an effective way to teach successive generations to be financially and socially...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
To Maximize the Value of IRAs, Take Action When Client Is 69
Almost any IRA owner will tell you that the year in which he or she turns 70 ½ is the most critical year of the IRA lifecycle—the...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
11 Steps to Successful Time Management for Solo Practitioners
One of the most challenging issues for a solo practitioner of a wealth management firm is managing the numerous tasks that must be...

Steve Martin
May 4, 20151 min read
Having the ‘MoneyTalk’ With Aging Parents – At A Glance – WSJ
MICHELLE PERRY HIGGINS: You don’t need to walk on eggshells or feel it is not your place to bring this subject up. I often see people...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
The five best books Bill Gates read in 2014 – MarketWatch
Unlike many other best books lists, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.03% isn’t restricting himself to those published this...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
4 best books for retirement investors – MarketWatch
The question of the day: How much do you really need to know in order to be a successful investor? Throughout North America, it’s the...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
15 great books for investors – MarketWatch
I’m often asked, especially as the holiday gift-giving season approaches, which books I recommend for investors. I haven’t kept exact...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
Two books Warren Buffett says you should read – MarketWatch
After you read Warren Buffett’s latest letter to shareholders, he’s got two other reading recommendations. “Where Are the Customers’...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
Creative Ways to Save Money
Paying down debts and saving money for the future have always been a struggle for many. There are many guides and articles all over the...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
Five tax-efficient strategies for 2015
Five tax-efficient strategies for 2015 Bill Cass, February 4, 2015 With tax reform proposals from the White House and the new Congress...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
Why Paying for Financial Advice Makes Sense |
If you are lucky to earn more money than you need each month, there was probably a time when you could have used some advice about how...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
7 Habits of Chronically Unhappy People |
I often teach about happiness and what has become exceedingly clear is this: There are seven qualities chronically unhappy people have...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
Estate Tax Repeal: Has Hillary Become the Estate Planner’s Best Friend? |
While nobody seriously expects the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to eliminate the federal inheritance tax in the next 18...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20151 min read
How To Raise Children To Be The Opposite Of Spoiled – Using Money To Teach Values
No parent wants to knowingly raise a spoiled child. Yet in a world where money is a taboo subject, there is remarkably little guidance...

Steve Martin
May 3, 20152 min read
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