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Hugh F. Wynn
Nov 19, 20204 min read
Buying a House vs Buying a Home
It might be hard to hear this about your most costly asset, but it's important to face the facts about the downsides of owning residential r
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Hugh F. Wynn
Nov 12, 20202 min read
The Recipe for Investment Success: Time, Money…and Discipline
Mix together equal parts time, money and discipline and let it simmer. You'll be rewarded with a nice dish of savings!
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Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 29, 20204 min read
Individual Retirement Accounts: Traditional, Roth and Conversions
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are a blessing, but which way should you lean when it comes to choosing a tradition IRA or Roth IRA?
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Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 8, 20204 min read
Pandemic Interest Rates: How Low Can They Go?
The Federal Reserve seems to be signaling that short-term interest rates will remain a fact of life for, perhaps, years to come. Wise?
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Hugh F. Wynn
Sep 10, 20204 min read
Dare to be Average and You'll Come Out on Top
Investors – particularly young, inexperienced investors – tend to believe that they can “beat the stock market."
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Hugh F. Wynn
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Short-Term Speculation Erodes the Power of Compounding
Check out this new post on the WynnSights blog, a personal investment blog based on blogger Hugh Wynn's fervent belief that investing should
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Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 13, 20204 min read
What To Do When Your Rainy Day Fund Runs Dry
Millions of out-of-work Americans are currently struggling to pay their bills, whether it be day-to-day expenses or an emergency?
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Hugh F. Wynn
Jul 30, 20204 min read
To Contribute or Not? That Is the 401(k) Question
I frequently encourage folks to optimize their 401(k) match opportunities. And I believe it’s incredibly good advice
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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
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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.
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Hugh F. Wynn
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Save and Invest...Or I'll Wash Your Mouth Out With Soap!
I don’t believe young people are disinterested in saving and investing.
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Hugh F. Wynn
Apr 16, 20204 min read
Beware! The Inflation Monster Can Wreak Havoc on your Retirement
The average inflation rate hops around like a floppy-eared jackrabbit over time, but since the early 1900s America’s inflation has averaged
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Hugh F. Wynn
Mar 26, 20203 min read
Coronavirus Crisis: Should I Buy or Sell My Investments, or Neither?
When the stock market suffers a “crash” of significant proportions, the most common question asked by those with a position in the market is
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Hugh F. Wynn
Mar 19, 20204 min read
Target-Date Funds: Simple, Diverse and Great for the Autopilot Investor
Target-date funds (TDFs) are offered to investors that seek to grow assets over a specified period of time, usually for retirement.
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Hugh F. Wynn
Mar 12, 20203 min read
Watch Those Pennies. The Dollars Will Take Care of Themselves.
You’ve heard the old refrain, “Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves”. It’s the underpinnings of everything I...
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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.
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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?
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Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 30, 20204 min read
IRA Withdrawal Exceptions: More Rules For The Tools
The main concern folks – especially young folks – have with IRAs is their “forever” feature.
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Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Tools with Rules: Those Fantastic IRAs
it’s important that Millennials and Gen-Zers begin saving (and investing) early in order to optimize The Amazing Power of Compounding.
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Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 16, 20203 min read
Does Investing Mix with a Great Depression?
Are we on the brink of another "Great Depression?"
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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.
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