When the markets become volatile, as they have in the last few months, asset allocation can be an important tool. Having a financial strategy that includes an asset allocation plan, may help you to stay on track even as markets change rapidly.
The beginning of summer is also a time when many people start to think about retirement. I don’t really know why, but I suspect the reason has something to do with how great summers are around Kosciusko County.
SOUTH BEND - U.S.Rep.Tim Roemer announced plans to retire today, although he will remain active in his final 24 months of office. The congressman, 44, said he will remain an active legislator while finishing his sixth term. U.S.representatives serve two-year terms and Roemer's ends January 2003. "It has been a great honor and privilege to represent Indiana's Third District in Congress," he said."With four young children at home (under the age of 7), however, it is time to put my family first and step back from public life. "I can't begin to express how grateful I am to the residents of this district for giving me the honor of serving in Congress." Roemer and his wife, Sally, maintain homes in the South Bend area and in Washington, D.C.
As a farmer, Travis Rowland plants crops. As a Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory firefighter for the last three decades, Lt. Rowland has planted knowledge in the minds of the other firefighters.
Different parents have different rules for their kids, but no matter if you are liberal or conservative there are a few basic ideals that are foundational to successful families.
We all experience the death of friends and family members in our life. In financial planning, we often find ourselves involved in the aftermath of those deaths. If the deceased planned their estate before their death, it usually makes it easier on the survivors.
We all experience the death of friends and family members in our life. In financial planning, we often find ourselves involved in the aftermath of those deaths. If the deceased planned their estate before their death, it usually makes it easier on the survivors.
Sometimes in financial planning we must think about the unthinkable, our own mortality. No one likes to ponder their own death, so estate planning is often put off in favor of more pleasant financial tasks.