by John VanWeelden | Sep 27, 2021 | Investment Strategies, The Bucket Plan
The Bucket Plan is a three-bucket approach to segmenting your money, based on the purpose and time before you will need it. Essentially, you are buying time with the funds you will need sooner, so you can invest the funds you won’t need until later for long-term...
by John VanWeelden | Sep 20, 2021 | Investment Strategies
Sequence of Returns Risk comes into play as you transition from your accumulation years, to your preservation and distribution years. It simply refers to the order in which good and bad market returns occur. Think about it – if you take yearly withdrawals from...
by John VanWeelden | Aug 30, 2021 | Income Stability, Investment Strategies
In order to understand how to manage volatility, I first need to explain what a majority of the financial industry preaches about it. First, it’s based on something called Modern Portfolio Theory, which is based on some very good research. The problem is that the...
by John VanWeelden | Aug 23, 2021 | Investment Strategies, Investments
The Flaw of Averages is probably the most misunderstood concept in all of investing AND the most important concept to understand if you want to build a solid retirement plan. The Flaw of Averages has everything to do with volatility. The concept of volatility is...
