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How to Optimize Retirement Spending During COVID-19

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 23, 20204 min read

How to Optimize Retirement Spending During COVID-19

The enduring COVID-19 pandemic has retirees (or those nearing retirement) taking a second look at their “buckets of funds” – sources of cash

Passive Investing: Beat the Aggressors at Their Own Game

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 16, 20204 min read

Passive Investing: Beat the Aggressors at Their Own Game

There are compelling reasons for folks who dare to be average to consider index fund investing: simplicity, low-cost, good quality, diversif

Investing - like life - does not have to be complicated.

Hugh F. Wynn

Jun 18, 20204 min read

Investing - like life - does not have to be complicated.

Bogle’s principles are the foundation for and embedded in my own PDQ Principles of Investing… Patience, Diversification and Quality.

Hugh F. Wynn

Feb 27, 20203 min read

Win Your Own Lottery

It’s not uncommon for routine lotto participants to spend $1,000 or so per year chasing this “get-rich-quick” gambit.

Save A “Real” Million Bucks By Retirement

Hugh F. Wynn

Feb 20, 20203 min read

Save A “Real” Million Bucks By Retirement

Will you be in hog heaven if you retire with a million bucks in your retirement account?

Does Investing Mix with a Great Depression?

Hugh F. Wynn

Jan 16, 20203 min read

Does Investing Mix with a Great Depression?

Are we on the brink of another "Great Depression?"

Your Portfolio’s Beating Heart: The Index Fund

Hugh F. Wynn

Jan 9, 20204 min read

Your Portfolio’s Beating Heart: The Index Fund

Investing is as complicated as we choose to make it.

The Answer to the Million-Dollar Question

Hugh F. Wynn

Nov 21, 20193 min read

The Answer to the Million-Dollar Question

By eliminating what I call Million-Dollar Habits, almost all of us will rediscover a few dollars we didn’t know we had.

Before You Get Rich You've Got to Master the Basics

Hugh F. Wynn

Nov 7, 20195 min read

Before You Get Rich You've Got to Master the Basics

You have to learn basic financial concepts before you build your nest egg to monumental proportions!

Start Saving in Your 20s and Retire a Millionaire

Hugh F. Wynn

Oct 31, 20193 min read

Start Saving in Your 20s and Retire a Millionaire

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Fearsome 50-Somethings

Hugh F. Wynn

Oct 24, 20194 min read

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Fearsome 50-Somethings

I now introduce the reasons that 50-somethings don't save and what it means for them

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Fretful 40-Somethings

Hugh F. Wynn

Oct 17, 20193 min read

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Fretful 40-Somethings

Our 40-something, seldom-if-ever savers are far behind schedule in the median savings category

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Harried 30-Somethings

Hugh F. Wynn

Oct 10, 20192 min read

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Harried 30-Somethings

Most 30-somethings – if college graduates – will still have an outstanding student loan, a spouse, and a starter home.

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Roaring 20-Somethings

Hugh F. Wynn

Oct 3, 20195 min read

"Excu-u-use Me" Series: The Roaring 20-Somethings

Unfortunately, because credit is plentiful most 20-somethings save very little by age 30.

Hugh F. Wynn

Sep 19, 20193 min read

Index Funds Rule the Roost (IMHO)

If you decide to invest in a broad market index fund, you’ve bought quality.

Diversification is the Key to Happy Investing

Hugh F. Wynn

Sep 12, 20194 min read

Diversification is the Key to Happy Investing

Diversification is the “D” in my PDQ Principles of investing.

Hugh F. Wynn

Sep 5, 20194 min read

Don’t Just do Something - Stand There!

Exercising patience is probably one of the least followed pieces of advice out there, particularly among new investors.

Hugh F. Wynn

Aug 29, 20193 min read

Time is Money

If not yet obvious to the youngest two generations, money will become integral to most of your major decisions in life.

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 18, 20194 min read

Investing Should be Simple

Without careful, long-term planning, investing is a fool’s game.

Millennials call it FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early)

Hugh F. Wynn

Jun 27, 20192 min read

Millennials call it FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early)

I decided to do what more and more of today’s Millennials (Generation Y) propose to do with their careers.

Hugh F. Wynn

Jun 20, 20193 min read

Life Lessons and Learning Experiences

Life brings countless learning experiences, but none more impactful than those imposed by my parents before I reached my teenage years.