From a financial viewpoint, 2022 was a year where we all suffered, but I sincerely hope your year was better than mine. Although I hit a couple happy milestones this year – I celebrated my 60th birthday as well as the 40th anniversary with my lovely wife – this was also the year that Alzheimer’s […]
By: Bill Few Associates, Inc. It’s hard to believe that 2023 is right around the corner. We hope you are approaching the end of the year with gratitude for what 2022 has brought, even though there may have been some bumps in the road, and excited for what is to come in the new year. As […]
By: Bill Few Senior Vice President, Ward L. Garner, CFP® Life always has its own sets of twists and turns, but the last couple of years have been a rollercoaster. It has a lot of people scratching their heads wondering about their future and finances. When you run into questions or uncertainties about your finances, […]
By: Bill Few Vice President, Peter R. Belcastro, CFP® For a long time, we have heard that inflation is either this or that. It was a word that got thrown around but didn’t seem to have much impact on our day-to-day lives. Now, though, we are feeling and experiencing inflation constantly – especially with everyday […]
Several years ago, a sports reporter had a great idea. Each year, they would “retire” some worn out, overused sports cliché, like “smash mouth” football or we play the season “one game at a time.” In the economic drama that has unfolded over the current Fed tightening cycle, the appropriate economic cliché to retire for […]
Financial Focus for Women: An article series created by Bill Few Associates to help women achieve financial independence. By: Bill Few Senior Vice President, ReShelle L. Barrett, CFP® Being a caregiver can be one of the hardest jobs one can undertake, yet it can also be the most rewarding. Many caregivers might agree that the […]
By: Bill Few Senior Vice President, ReShelle L. Barrett, CFP® Many of us look forward to summertime as an opportunity to relax and perhaps distance ourselves from some of the chaos of daily life. However, if you tend to keep a close eye on your investment portfolio, these past few months have been especially stressful. […]
By: Bill Few Associates, Inc. Looking around the conference table in 2021, the five owners of Bill Few Associates—all of them in or nearing their sixties—realized they needed a succession plan. The market to sell a business like theirs was hot and they saw many Pittsburgh-based financial planning firms choose to go that route over the […]
As an economic commentator on CNBC was trying to describe how much longer the stock and bond markets might stay down, she said the day-after-day bad news is as irritating as her kids asking, “Are we there yet?” on a car ride. Hearing that triggered childhood memories of my family’s frequent car trips. Around 1970, […]
By: Bill Few Associates, Inc. Many would agree that there is still a great amount of uncertainty lately when it comes to finances. From inflation, market volatility, and global markets, it can be hard to imagine where it will all go from here. While it is important to stay calm and not make sudden moves over […]
