Liam Hunt, M.A., is a financial writer covering global markets, monetary policy, retirement savings, and millennial investing. His commentary and analysis have been featured in the New York Post, Reader's Digest, Fox Business, and Forbes.
Only a slim majority of Americans—55%, in fact—own stocks. For many U.S. homeowners, their house is their only retirement investment to speak of. If you find yourself among the roughly one-half of Americans who are underinvested in financial markets, now’s the time to...
If you’ve been reading about retirement investing strategies, you’ve probably heard of the so-called 4% rule by now. For over two decades, this concept has dominated the conversation around optimizing retirement savings withdrawals. Proponents of the 4%...
This week I had the pleasure to interview Rick Salmeron, CFP®, president and owner of Salmeron Financial, a wealth management firm in Dallas, TX. Rick helps others create personal financial wealth so that they can worry less about their money. Photo courtesy of...
The accelerated growth of the U.S. tech sector has, by many accounts, created an unstable investment environment. Although the S&P 500 is led by U.S. tech stocks with long runways, there’s no guarantee that they can be trusted to keep your money safe in the...
Warren Buffet famously said that diversification is protection against ignorance. For Buffet, diversification is like an insurance policy for those of us who don’t have the time, opportunity, or patience to thoroughly research the fundamentals of every stock....
