Simple Sam vs Compounding Charlie: Invest Smarter!

Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it; he who doesn’t pays it.”  In successful investing, compounding growth plays an outsized role in the outcome. Compounding in the investing...

QCDs: A Retiree’s Golden Ticket to Smart Charity

One of my favorite songs, California Dreamin by The Mamas and the Papas, starts off describing a typical autumn day and while I love that song, Mama Cass (born in Baltimore, MD!) failed to add the dizzying tax planning that accompanies those brown leaves and grey...