by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Business, Enduring Principles, Retirement, Running Money ®
There must be good reasons why nearly half of American workers don’t contribute to their employers’ 401k plan. Here’s five of them: Reason #1 “I’ve got bills to pay.” Yep. Bills to pay is a good reason. Except for the...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Beneficiary, Client Stories, Enduring Principles, Protecting Family Money, Videos
Cynthia woke up. Everything was blurry, including the talking. She tried to move, but everything hurt too much. She laid there on her back, trying to make sense of the situation. What was happening? It took some time, but then it hit her. The last thing...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Cancer, Health, Inspiration, Motivation, Running Money ®
The big one is about 100 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a softball. It’s been growing about 2.5 millimeters per year. Maybe it’s accelerated recently, but doing the math, that’s a 40-year life. Discovered following a troublesome lump on...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Business, Economic Commentary, Inflation, Running Money ®, Volatility
Two consecutive weeks, the first never reached 80, while the second bottomed at 81. “Wearable technology” like my Garmin Fenix 6, measures and scores my sleep. And those lines in the chart represent my daily sleep scores for two consecutive weeks. What was...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Economic Commentary, Market Update, Videos
Do you prefer headline-grabbing hype and echo-chamber biases, or do you just want the facts, figures, and level-headed analysis? Using consistent sources of data, assembled and organized into easily understood graphs, we’re presenting our first economic...
