More often than not, when I ask people what they consider to be their single best investment, without hesitation their answer is “my house”. How about you? Is that how you would’ve answered the question, too? Well, what I’m about to share with you just might surprise you and challenge your thinking.
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A few days ago I found myself waking up really annoyed. Nothing in particular but lots of little things combined just left me really annoyed. It’s been over a month now that I have been trying to get a form signed by my mother’s doctor and submitted to Medicare to get approval for a lift-chair. One piece of paper, signed by a doctor, sent to the medical supply company.
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Homeless living in a van: that’s what I used to tell people when they would ask about our boys Justin and Adam. In case you aren’t aware, they are traveling the entire U.S. this year, with a goal of visiting every single state and for the most part they’re living in a van.
To their credit, they…
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I just got back from a mini family reunion on my father’s side of the family. And for those of you that don’t know, my father died when I was 16, which means he’s been gone for the better part of 40 years now. And the Fricke side of the family, for whatever reason, hasn’t really kept in touch with each other over the years. So at our mini family reunion, which was to celebrate the 90th birthday of one of my aunts, it dawned on me that I hadn’t seen most of my aunts, uncles or cousins for at least 10 years, some I haven’t seen in 20 years.
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If you are looking for a simple low-cost investment management approach you might be interested in a fairly new technology being offered by a major brokerage firms as well as some independent startup companies. This technology is often called Robo advisors. The good news is for a very low fee, about one quarter of one per cent, you end up with a diversified investment portfolio typically made up of index mutual funds. One big brokerage firm even claims to provide this service for free!
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