Neal Frankle, CFP ®

  Did we hit a fork in the road yesterday? Which direction should a smart Wealth Pilgrim take? Is the stock market rally signaling good times ahead? The market rallied about 7% yesterday. We’re still 9% underwater since the start of the year but up 20% over the last two weeks. This kind of volatility […]

Are we in a depression? Do the people at the helm of our economy even know? I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand everything that our elected leaders are doing to combat the current financial “situation.” You might share my frustration. At first, I thought the reason I didn’t understand their […]

Are you sure you have the right investments for you? Dean wasn’t. His account was flatlining. He had been managing his own money for several years and he’d done a fine job. But the account caught a rare strain of a 2008 “staff” market infection. It didn’t look good for the account or for Dean. […]

If you ask me if the stock market is safe, I must tell you that it depends. If you are investing for short-term results, it’s not safe. But if you are investing to reach long-term goals, yes, I believe it is. But either way, I’ve got some very important money management advice for you — […]