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On Tuesday, October 11 at 3:20 pm Pacific, Steve Medland will appear as a guest expert for 40 minutes to answer callers’ questions on the Your Money radio show. “You read a lot about the U.S. budget and policy, but have you ever wondered how these stories directly affect you? Each week, Wharton economist and […]

The stock market’s behavior in the last 45 days or so since mid-July reminds me of an electrocardiograph that we’ve all seen in the hospital (or on TV).  Not so much the steady rhythm of a regular heartbeat, but rather that ominous visual of a flatline when the patient expires. I’m not implying the stock […]

Steve Medland was quoted by Ben Steverman in his story, Retirees Need $130,000 Just to Cover Health Care, Study Finds. Steverman interviewed Medland about how to deal with high healthcare costs in retirement. According to the article, “By waiting until they’re 70 to take Social Security benefits, retirees reap bigger benefits—76 percent higher than if […]

Our last monthly email was published on Monday, June 27, which in hindsight, turned out to be the conclusion of the two-day selloff in global stock markets associated with the United Kingdom Brexit vote. In those two days, the S&P 500 fell nearly 6%, but has since rebounded nearly 9%, to a new all-time high. […]

TABR Capital Management has been named in Financial Advisor Magazine’s Top RIA Survey 2016. TABR is number 513 out of the 584 nationwide financial advisory firms on the list, based on assets under management. TABR manages approximately $126 million for over 200 clients nationwide. Read more.

In this edition of TABR’s quarterly newsletter, we’re going to present some analysis and thoughts on Target Date Funds, which have become quite commonplace in workplace retirement plans (401(k) and others). We’ll look at what they are, what they are designed to do, some of the differences among them, and how, in our opinion, they […]

Last weekend, I realized we were about due to publish our monthly update, but little had changed since mid-May. Since there was a lot of focus on the British elections this past Thursday to potentially leave the EU (European Union—thus the name Brexit), I figured why not wait. After Friday, I definitely have more to […]

No, I’m not referring to the four-letter slang word that many a golfer utters after hitting their tee shot into the water hazard or the trees. Instead, this is about a term called a “fiduciary,” which may be getting as much attention these days in the investment industry as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or Bernie […]

Though my intentions have been to get our quarterly newsletter onto a more regular early February, May, August and November publishing schedule, I am still behind on that objective. Nevertheless, here is the first of four that we will get done this year. As promised, we have an update on our personal experience with a […]

Many years ago, renowned money manager and newsletter writer Marty Zweig coined the phrase, “Don’t Fight the Fed!”  Zweig’s research found that over history, stocks mostly behaved positively when monetary conditions were favorable (lower rates) but typically encountered trouble when policies were unfavorable (rising rates). Lower interest rates do not always help the stock market, […]