Understanding Investment Benchmarks

Understanding Investment Benchmarks

A benchmark serves a crucial role in investing. Often a market index, a benchmark typically provides a starting point for a portfolio manager to construct a portfolio and directs how that portfolio should be managed on an ongoing basis from the perspectives of both...
Saving for Retirement

Saving for Retirement

How much should you save for retirement? Marlena Lee, PhD, from Dimensional Fund Advisors, discusses important factors that can help you meet your goals, like determining your savings rate, monitoring your progress, and making adjustments over time. I can’t...
What Everyone Needs to Know About the New Tax Laws

What Everyone Needs to Know About the New Tax Laws

When the formal tax reform process began during the second half of 2017, the key goals were to simplify the tax code, eliminate certain unpopular taxes, reduce taxes for the middle class and significantly reduce the corporate tax rate. In the end, we have the Tax Cuts...