Although money may not be able to buy you love, apparently it can buy you more satisfaction with your life. A new study conducted by Matthew Killingsworth, a senior fellow of Penn’s Wharton School, refuted the common wisdom that “money can’t buy happiness.” While past studies have concluded that a higher income generally improves… Read more »
A hallmark of the recent rally in stocks is a surge in trading by individual (or retail) investors. While to some, this has brought back memories of the dot-com era, we see few similarities overall between then and now. For one, the stocks leading this rally (predominantly the big tech stocks) are hugely profitable. There… Read more »
The trouble with most people, as Will Rogers observed, is not that they don’t know much but that they know so much that isn’t true – New York Magazine 1978. This quote aptly describes many people’s perception of the cost of probating a will. It is easy to confuse the relatively minuscule filing fees… Read more »
In the first edition of our retirement series, I discussed the concept of 8,000 days of retirement and broke down the MIT AgeLab’s four phases of retirement. “The Honeymoon Phase” is the first of the four phases, and arguably the most important, as it sets up the three remaining phases of retirement. Here are… Read more »
In a previous post, we explained how utilizing Apple Pay on your iPhone, Apple Watch, or other Apple products can offer a more secure approach to credit card payments. Since that original post, we received multiple questions from clients requesting more information. Just to recap, Apple Pay is a contactless payment technology designed specifically… Read more »
Since 2015, Apple Pay has been offered as a safer and simpler solution for making purchases. All you need is an iPhone 6 or newer to securely make purchases in the U.S. and abroad with no fee. How It Works Apple Pay is a contactless payment technology designed for Apple devices that allows you… Read more »
WGRZ’s Danielle Church interviewed Tony Ogorek concerning issues many Western New Yorker’s are having with their stimulus checks. Watch and Read more from that Interview
2020 was a year to remember if you held shares of stocks like Zoom Video Communications (ZM) +350%, Tesla (TSLA) +600%, and Moderna Inc. (MRNA) +500%. Returns like these are reminiscent of the dog that always chases cars. You wonder what the dog would do if he ever caught one! It’s the same thing… Read more »
The best performing stock in the S&P 500 this year was none other than Tesla, up an astounding 660%. Next in line were Etsy (+290%), Nvidia (+117%), L Brands (+115%) and PayPal (+114%). If you missed out on one (or all) of these winners this year, you might be wondering if it’s too late to… Read more »