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In 2003, the Goldman Sachs Global Economics Department predicted the economic and geopolitical influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) would become increasingly visible in the developed world. We revisit those countries here.

For investors who began working in 1970 and retired 45 years later in 2015, cash lost 83.83% of its purchasing power.

Grocery stores know all the shoppers tricks, which means that when comparative price shopping you actually have to compare all the prices to get the best deal.

You deserve advice from a firm where you don’t have to second guess where their loyalties lie.

I couldn’t be prouder to be a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor.

Teresa Ghilarducci is just wrong here. There is no qualification that can make Ghilarducci more right.

It is relatively easy for fee-only fiduciaries to answer the question “How much do you charge?” The only fee they collect is the fee that the client directly pays them.

The majority of the industry many not even believe that there is a better way. But you deserve better.

A reader asks, “As her descendant and agent following the rules as written, it is my understanding that I could gift myself $14,000 each year. But can I really?”

Any decision to differ from the cap-weighted global default is a choice.

Incentives matter. If you are going to get a financial advisor, you need to select a fee-only advisor because you need to find an advisor you can trust.

At Marotta Wealth Management, we believe that a team collaborating on your behalf provides you with better service.

Predicting future inflation is difficult at best.

We find the practices of much of the financial services industry repulsive.

Sometimes, you should do what is right even though it is not what others want.