by Robert Bartley | Apr 22, 2019 | Living Life, Robert Bartley
by Robert Bartley Pop Quiz: Are You and Your Spouse Money Allies? Tips for a successful conversation about spending We work with a lot of successful, caring couples. They tend to have fundamental values in common and to share specific hopes for the future. I bet...
by Robert Bartley | Feb 14, 2019 | Investing, Markets, Robert Bartley
by Robert Bartley FEBRUARY 2019 MARKET VALUE UPDATE The daily market news is BS that will drive you crazy; turn it off!! Let’s take the long view of stock market valuation–and then ask the important questions, like how it affects your portfolio and what, if...
by Robert Bartley | Jul 17, 2018 | Financial Planning, Inner Health, Robert Bartley
A busy schedule/life and procrastination does not have to condemn you to a continued life of frustration, anxiety and never achieving that illusive feeling of financial peace of mind. I was listening to a podcast yesterday with an interview with a financial therapist....
by Robert Bartley | Jun 25, 2018 | Financial Planning, Investing, Robert Bartley
A recent Northwestern Medicine and University of Michigan study, chronicled in an article in the Journal of American Medical Association and posted on Medical Xpress, noted that people have a 50 percent higher risk of death if they suffer a significant financial loss....
by Robert Bartley | Jun 20, 2018 | Living Life, Robert Bartley
My wife Christine and I had the pleasure of picking up our youngest, Keirra from her semester abroad in Cork, Ireland. Christine put together quite a trip! We explored a majority of the island from south to north, mostly via the Wild Atlantic Way coastal road on the...
by Robert Bartley | Jun 11, 2018 | Markets, Quarterly Update, Robert Bartley
It is a stock picker’s market. The stock indices haven’t returned much profits this year, other than small cap stocks and commodities. After the explosive market gains of 2017 through this January, the market is trying to digest the gains. We have our portfolios...