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Retirement: What about what I was promised? | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. July 2, 2012. Retirement: What about what I was promised? So, 51 years ago I was born into a family that already had three kids so I made number four. Two years later the youngest was born and mom said “that’s enough”. You see “Dad wasn’t really around much so mom was pretty much on her own. What’s a mom to do? Who changed the rules of the game? More and more of my clients are deciding not to have Social Security ben...
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The Greatest Generation… Decisions! | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. August 6, 2012. In It's The Quality Of Life. Plan For The Unknown. Planning For Life's Stuff. The Greatest Generation… Decisions! Sunday, December 7, 1941 at 7:48 am, the U.S. entered into what would become the war to end all wars. Four years later and hundreds of thousands of lives taken to defend freedom, this era and the survivors of the war became known as “The Greatest Generation”. So What’s Next? This generatio...
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Political Doublespeak | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. June 7, 2012. So here we are in early June, 2012 all holding our breath to see how the US Supreme Court will decide as it comes to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. The first election that I was old enough to participate in was the 1980 presidential campaign between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. I dove in and have been hooked ever since. A...But I...
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Don’t Let The Rules & Regs Slow You Down | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. June 6, 2012. Don’t Let The Rules and Regs Slow You Down. As I launch this blog, my hope is to encourage people to look deeper into various areas of their lives to possibly identify some issues or concerns that might be confronting them and then provide insight into some potential options. You can read the “About. 8221; section to get a better feel on some of the things I’ll be writing about. I happened to glance at ...
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Don’t Become Insurance Poor | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. December 13, 2012. Plan For The Unknown. Don’t Become Insurance Poor. Life insurance, disability, health, car insurance, homeowners, liability, dental and vision insurance. Then there’s insurance for your appliances, your mattress, vacations, cell phones and every other electronic gadget you may buy. So the question I would ask is when is enough, enough? An example of being insurance poor:. I won’t go into the ...
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When Our Kids Make Us Proud | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. July 24, 2012. In It's The Quality Of Life. When Our Kids Make Us Proud. January 2012 was one big blur! It started with wrapping up the Christmas and New Year’s season, included a destination wedding on the beach of Captiva Island for my son and his beautiful bride. We got the bug! She returned home about a week ago and I know only the need to complete her degree would stop her from heading out again for it’s o...
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Use an Advisor or Go It Alone? | Mike's Thoughts
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A wealth advisor's perspective on the real issues facing clients and society as a whole. September 8, 2012. Planning For Life's Stuff. Use an Advisor or Go It Alone? It’s a Monday morning with the tempature reaching a balmy 5 degrees Fahrenheit. The windchill making it feel like negative 15 degrees, with grey cloud filled skies and another 6 to 8 inches of snow expected by noon. Welcome to southeast Michigan in mid January. Sure, I used to change my oil, spark plugs and the various filters. In fact w...
