Award winning columnist: No one does it better than Liz Weston!
By Dr. Victoria Collins, Ph.D., CFP®, Invest In Yourself Founder, former principal of the Keller Group & strong supporter of WISE. If...
Four Steps that will Reduce your Financial Risk in the Event of an Earthquake
By Victoria Collins Be honest - when you heard recently about the 6.0 earthquake, the worst in 25 years, hitting Napa, did you 1)...
Is the Dow due for a 10% correction?
By Victoria Collins Being an avid investor for most of my life, I felt a bit of a thrill when the Dow powered through the 17,000 mark for...
What should you invest in?
By Victoria Collins, Ph.D., CFP You’ve heard it before – the old adage “Sell in May and stay away.” There are years it seems like good...
How to protect yourself against scams
WISE - Blog for April 2014 by Victoria Collins, Ph.D., CFP Founder, Invest In Yourself and Co-Founder of WISE Skimming through my emails...
Which investor are you?
WISE - Blog for March 2014 by Victoria Collins, Ph.D., CFP Founder, Invest In Yourself and Co-Founder of WISE Three friends each put...
Using Your Home Equity for Long Term Care
By Laurie Libby For many seniors the equity in their home is their largest single asset, yet it is unavailable to use unless they use a...
TIME TO AVOID STOCKS?
After several market plunges, some investors are saying that they don’t need nor want stocks. They want something safer - could they do...
WITHDRAWAL SAFE AT 4%?
The oft-cited “rule of thumb” is that a person can withdraw 4% off their portfolio for retirement income and not run out of money for...
Saving Taxes
Year-end tax planning is usually stressful, but this year is especially anything but ordinary. Unless Congress acts before December 31,...