Unfortunately this week we don’t have a Tommy Boy clip to weave in to the Financial Procast, so you’ll have to be entertained or at least mildly amuse by our “normal” sense of humor. Today instead we figured we talk about pensions. Less so pensions in particular and more so that the AARP recently published …
Getting the right financial advice is important and the truth is that average financial advice is really for average people.are so many financial media outlets present and they are more than willing to throwout generic financial advice. Additionally, there are countless bloggers that offer up what we might refer to as “boiler plate” financial advice. You …
Stock Market Corrections are a fact of life in a our economy. There are several theories that seek to explain this phenomenon, and I personally like to think it’s a result of our warped implementation of market economics, but what do I know? Lately certain members of the press have been buzzing a bit about …
Over the past year or so, we’ve been hit with this question quite a few times: If the market rally keeps up, how long before all the people who’ve been buying cash value life insurance as an alternative asset decide it’s time to rush back into stocks? So, today we decided it was time to …
We’ve discussed life insurance company ratings a couple of times from an informational point of view. Today I want to discuss the topic from a practical point a view (i.e. what’s the overall benefit to the end user?). Some companies would have you believe that their top tier rating means only they have the ability …
(Complete Show Notes Below) In the 62nd episode of the Financial Procast: For so many years, home ownership has been a rite of passage for Americans. It’s all part of the American Dream. Now, before I get all sorts of hate mail and nasty comments on this topic, we’re not against buying a house or …
(Complete Show Notes Below) In the 60th episode of the Financial Procast: So today we’re going to get into something we should’ve gotten into a long, long time ago. Admittedly it’s a tad embarrassing that we’ve not compared whole life insurance and universal life insurance side by side either on The Insurance Pro Blog or …
(Complete Show Notes Below) In the 56th episode of the Financial Procast: Today we are diving into a financial planning strategic philosophy. This really serves as an overarching theme in everything that we do at The Insurance Pro Blog. It probably comes as no great surprise to our community that we really feel traditional financial …
(Complete Show Notes Below) In the 54th episode of the Financial Procast: The Survey Says… People actually care about what professional designations are held by their financial advisers…or at least a recent survey would have us believe they care. According to the research firm ORC international, an overwhelming majority of those people survey indicated that …
Indexed universal life insurance is another strong contender to whole life insurance for the purpose of accumulating wealth and generating retirement income through life insurance. If you need a primer on how indexing works, you can find that here. To explain the concept in 25 words or less, we’ll simply say that it’s a product …
