By a mile, the most asked question I get is, "am I ready to retire?" Retirement is technically the single largest expense you'll ever...

Ben and Arthur - I wonder if any parents having two sons have ever named their children Ben & Arthur. I would assume so, but hopefully,...

My wife is a high school women's basketball coach. As such, and considering we have one daughter in junior high and one in late...

About two weeks ago, we were all hit with the clickbait headline, "credit card balances hit $1 trillion". Immediately, people used this...

Hopefully, you'll excuse my two-week hiatus from "What We Learned in the Markets." I'll be back next week and better than ever when I...

Activate Baby Step 5. Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to create financial independence for yourself by saving 15% of your...

A few highlights to hit before we dig into "market stuff" over the following few paragraphs. This last Friday, the Whitaker-Myers Wealth...

That's right! For those of you with kids that are nearing college or college planning has been in your mind lately - it's a two-for July!...

The months of June and July are primarily known for: Weddings The First Day of Summer Vacations Graduations By now, for those students...

Major stock market indices made significant gains in the first half of the year due to improving inflation, slowing Fed rate hikes, the...

Things like a savings rate for retirement seem so trivial in the grand scheme of life, right? I’m reminded of that as I watched my...

Lately I’ve been engrossed in the world of watching my LinkedIn feed. Now remember LinkedIn is supposed to be the anti-Facebook social...

It’s a rainy Sunday, and there’s not much to do – no swimming, no basketball with my son, and we just enjoyed a wonderful lunch at The...

Let me start out by saying if Dave Ramsey would do a solid for his country and run for President, we wouldn't be in this mess. With...

"This part of the crisis is over. Everyone should just take a deep breath." - JP Morgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon On the morning of...

On April 6th, 2023, Chris from Dallas, Texas (one of the SmartVestor Pro Markets Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers serves) called Dave to...

If The Financial Aid Awards Are Lacking In April, parents of high school seniors are looking at their financial aid letters. It's a...

Stock Market projections. I can bet that at least once a day, I will hear someone tell me why the stock market will crash and never return.

The recent failure of three U.S. banks has raised concerns over the economy and financial system.

My friend Dave Ramsey invests in two things: mutual funds with long track records of success and paid-for real estate. He loves real...