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How to Make Sure Your Castle Finds a Good Home Post-Mortem

Hugh F. Wynn

Sep 2, 20214 min read

How to Make Sure Your Castle Finds a Good Home Post-Mortem

How do you handle estate planning for your castle without placing undue burden on your heirs?

Inquiring Minds: Is Our Economy Headed for a Meltdown?

Hugh F. Wynn

Aug 26, 20214 min read

Inquiring Minds: Is Our Economy Headed for a Meltdown?

Most folks are familiar with “meltdowns”. But what about a “melt-up”? And is our economy in a melt-up heading for a dreaded meltdown?

FICO: Three Digits That Have a Powerful Hold on Your Life

Hugh F. Wynn

Aug 19, 20214 min read

FICO: Three Digits That Have a Powerful Hold on Your Life

What the heck is a FICO score and why does it have so much sway over your ability to buy furniture, a car, a home, and so on?

Trading vs. Investing: Which is More Likely to Reap Rewards?

Hugh F. Wynn

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Trading vs. Investing: Which is More Likely to Reap Rewards?

These are two very different approaches to making money in the stock and bond markets - essentially trading versus investing.

Target-Date Funds Let You "Set It and Forget It"

Hugh F. Wynn

Aug 5, 20214 min read

Target-Date Funds Let You "Set It and Forget It"

A target date fund automatically changes your investments from high-risk, high-reward to low-risk, low-reward as you near retirement.

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 29, 20214 min read

Is There a Cure for Tightwad-itis?

It's great to save your hard-earned dollars but when does saving becoming more of a sickness and less of a good habit?

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 22, 20214 min read

The Secret to My (Investing) Success

My PDQ Principles of Investing (Patience, Diversification and Quality) revolve around the concept of simplicity.

Set Your Kid Up With a Health Savings Account (HSA)

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 15, 20213 min read

Set Your Kid Up With a Health Savings Account (HSA)

Kids who are no longer their parents’ tax dependents (or anyone else’s dependent for that matter), can open their own Health Savings Account

Hugh F. Wynn

Jul 8, 20213 min read

Beware: Your IRAs are in Danger

All of a sudden, Roth IRAs are in the spotlight.

America's Housing Market: Is the Bubble About to Burst?

Hugh F. Wynn

Jun 24, 20217 min read

America's Housing Market: Is the Bubble About to Burst?

America is experiencing an extremely competitive housing marketplace, reminiscent of the Great Recession.

Emergency Funds and the (Almost) Risk-Free I Bond

Hugh F. Wynn

Jun 17, 20215 min read

Emergency Funds and the (Almost) Risk-Free I Bond

Your Rainy Day - or emergency fund - needs to be liquid, but it doesn't have to be shoved under the mattress.

The Case for Delaying Social Security in Retirement

Hugh F. Wynn

May 20, 20213 min read

The Case for Delaying Social Security in Retirement

A key component of a retirement plan is delaying your Social Security if at all feasible.

Crypto Craze: Is it a Bubble or Here to Stay?

Hugh F. Wynn

May 13, 20214 min read

Crypto Craze: Is it a Bubble or Here to Stay?

Bitcoin...Dogecoin...Binance Coin. It's all science fiction to me. But even a conservative investor like me is curious about the future...

Say It Ain’t So, Joe. The Stepped-Up In Basis Tax Debacle

Hugh F. Wynn

May 6, 20215 min read

Say It Ain’t So, Joe. The Stepped-Up In Basis Tax Debacle

I usually don't wax politics in this blog, but I can't help myself when is comes to the current administration's proposal to cancel the...

How to Make Money in Retirement Without Working

Hugh F. Wynn

Apr 29, 20213 min read

How to Make Money in Retirement Without Working

Retirement means no more work - at least no more 9-to-5, 50 weeks a year with a brief vacations, commute-type of work. But some folks...

Annuities Can Play an Important Role in Your Retirement Plan

Hugh F. Wynn

Apr 22, 20214 min read

Annuities Can Play an Important Role in Your Retirement Plan

Many people view their retirement plans as one-dimensional portfolios but that couldn't be further from the truth. You can have include...

Bond Investments are Not Just for Boomers

Hugh F. Wynn

Apr 15, 20213 min read

Bond Investments are Not Just for Boomers

Check out this new post on the WynnSights blog, a personal investment blog based on blogger Hugh Wynn's fervent belief that investing should

Hugh F. Wynn

Apr 8, 20212 min read

What the Devil is an Angel Investor?

An angel investor is not necessarily a heavenly creature in white framed by a glow of soft light handing out money to entrepreneurs in...

Fractional Shares: Bite-Sized Investments with Benefits

Hugh F. Wynn

Apr 1, 20213 min read

Fractional Shares: Bite-Sized Investments with Benefits

I am always happy to hear from young investors who, when money starts burning a hole in their pocket, are looking for ways to invest it...

Vacation Properties May be an Investment Worth Avoiding

Hugh F. Wynn

Mar 25, 20213 min read

Vacation Properties May be an Investment Worth Avoiding

Vacation homes bring joy to many people, and if your family is one that dreams of owning place for weekend getaways and...

Hugh F. Wynn

Mar 18, 20213 min read

ETFs Vs. Mutual Funds: Which is Better?

Both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) consist of many different assets and are commonly employed to help investors diversify...