By John Packard I’ll admidt. I am rather a bear these days. I cannot say that I have not been accused fo being a doom and gloomer by my peers. Things are happening right now that are unprecedented in our country’s history. The good thing is that American’s are perennially optimistic. This has gotten us through tough times in the past, and hopefully in the future. There are some interesting statistics which have come out which should be the sound of alarm bells: On Wednesday, an annual survey of Americans [...]

BYy Brice Hogan Financial Resource Advisor You are turning 50 and you realize that everything you have done to save for retirement (or not done) is about to come due. Looking at your banking account it doesn’t look promising. In fact it is down right depressing. Your retirement accounts resembles Al Capone’s secret vault, empty and lots of cob webs. . Of course during your working years you had promised yourself that you would diligently put money into your company sponsored plan or open an IRA with Fidelity. Instead life [...]