If you've followed the news over the last month or so, you're aware that China's stock market has been on a wild ride. The Shanghai Composite Index (companies traded in Mainland China) is down more than 25% in the last 2 months, but still up almost 70% over the last 12 months.* This quick run-up … [Read more...]
June 2015 Personal Finance Newsletter
The June newsletter is now available. In addition to the regular investment update, it includes highlights and take-aways from a book I just read and highly recommend -- Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Professors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton. The newsletter also has updates on … [Read more...]
May 2015 Personal Finance Newsletter
The May 2015 personal finance newsletter is now available. It covers several personal financial planning topics including why consuming too much financial journalism may be hazardous to your long-term financial health. There's also information on how divorce affects your social security and … [Read more...]
January 2015 Personal Finance Newsletter
Our personal finance newsletter for January is now available. It includes a review of the 2014 investment markets, an article highlighting the relationship between net worth and financial habits, and more. Please click here to read the newsletter. … [Read more...]
Converting After-Tax 401k contributions to Roth
It's time to reconsider whether making after-tax contributions to a 401k is a good financial planning strategy. Prior to the IRS' ruling last fall, it was unclear whether you could convert after-tax 401k contributions to Roth. And if you did convert them, there was disagreement in the financial … [Read more...]
Tax provisions extended for 2014
While Congress took the extension of many popular tax provisions down to the wire, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 passed before the end of December. All of the following provisions were among those retroactively extended, and are now effective through the end of 2014. So for those of us … [Read more...]
Why I became a financial planner
A brief video sharing why I became a fee only financial planner and how our firm is different. … [Read more...]
In the News: Female Financial Advisors Sought
I recently had the opportunity to visit with reporter Danielle Trubow about my experiences in becoming a financial planner for her article on the shortage of female financial advisors. I started Keener Financial Planning in 2008 to be able to provide objective, fee only financial planning and … [Read more...]
November Personal Finance Newsletter
Our November personal finance newsletter is now available. In addition to the investment market update, it includes several articles on personal financial planning. We have updates released by the IRS and social security administration for 2015: Retirement plan contribution limits for … [Read more...]
Investing Consistency Pays Off
If you’ve ever found yourself tempted to stop investing when the market was declining, you now have one more piece of evidence that it’s best to stick with your game plan through good and bad market conditions. A recent study analyzed 7.5 million 401(k) plan participants who participated in their … [Read more...]
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