4 Last Minute Tips for Tax Year 2017
April is here and the All Star Financial Team is pushing forward to Tax Day 2018. With that in mind, we wanted to share four last minute ideas that can make tax year 2017 more efficient for you if you…
What All Star’s Reading #3
We are bringing back an old classic, “What All Star’s Reading”! This blog installment will outline the influential articles that have helped shape our views on investments, financial planning, tax planning, and the practices we implement to service you, our…
The Changing Face of Retirement
Growing up, investing was rarely, if ever, a topic of conversation in my family. That isn’t to say my parents were financially irresponsible – not at all! I remember my dad consistently sitting down at the kitchen table to meticulously…
Caveat Emptor When Buying Annuities
The financial services industry has done a poor job with making things simple and easy to understand for the majority of the public. There are 50-page mortgage documents, 100-page fund prospectuses, and we currently have an unnecessary and onerous debate…
Don’t Lose Sight of the Forest for the Trees
The financial media has spent a lot of ink (well, maybe more keystrokes these days) on the upcoming fee disclosure statements that retirement plan participants will be receiving before the summer is over. A myriad of surveys have demonstrated that…
WHY INVESTORS ARE AFRAID AND MAD AS HELL!
FEAR and ANGER are the two dominant attitudes of the average American investor today and rightly so. You are fearful about your future and angry at those who are responsible and not doing anything about it. No two ways about…