by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Motivation, Politics, Running Money ®, RunninRalph, Technology, Travel, Videos
Ralph and Mark both attended one of the most highly regarded conferences in the financial services industry, LPL Financial’s annual Focus, held this July in Boston. This is a big event. 7000 people make it happen. Ralph and Mark arrived a day early to serve on...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Economic Commentary, Inflation, Market Update, Oil, Running Money ®
Time spent watching Red Skelton, the Honeymooners, and even Churchill’s funeral with Grandpa Roy planted lasting memories of a black and white world. But the world was never truly black and white, and discerning the colors of today’s global economic and...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Financial Plan, IRA Accounts, Retirement, Running Money ®, Social Security, Taxes
Training for a marathon, like funding a Retirement Plan, is about both quantity and quality. My recent marathon training included very little quality work. I ran about 50 miles a week for the first three or four months of the year, but rarely did any...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Credit Management, Enduring Principles, Financial Plan, Fitness, Health, Running Money ®, RunninRalph
The simple formula for getting faster is to lose weight and workout according to a training plan. Fifteen unnecessary pounds entering a marathon slows the runner as much as thirty seconds per mile, adding thirteen minutes to the finishing time. The simple formula for...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Economic Commentary, History, Inflation, Market Update, Oil, Volatility
What do the Watts Riots, Beatlemania, Kennedy’s Assassination, ZIP Codes, the Vietnam War, Cassius Clay’s first World Heavyweight Championship, South African Apartheid and Nelson Mandela’s lifetime prison sentence, Buffalo Wings, Martin Luther...
