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Knoxville News Sentinel: Consistent Inconsistencies

Recently, I was catching up on my reading stack of financial journals and daily periodicals and I was struck by one consistent inconsistency: the conclusions of any given study (research or survey) are always battling the conclusions of another study (research or...

Sunday Money: Second Quarter Investment Performance

Q2 2017 Investment Performance With six months gone in 2017, how are your investments doing?  Did the stock market’s rising tide lift your boat?  Or have poorly performing investments left you beached on dry land?   HOW DID STOCK MARKETS PERFORM IN THE...

Knoxville News Sentinel: Sunrise Presents Opportunities

Sunsets can be beautiful whether viewed from your back porch or from Mallory Pier on Key West. Somehow, however, I missed the memo on the wonder of sunrises. My family members are typically night owls but last weekend, after an unusually long and welcomed night of...

Sunday Money: Millennials and Early Retirement

Millennials are striving for early retirement. However, economic issues and longer life expectancy present significant challenges to this ambitious goal! Certified Financial Planner, Paul Fain, discusses saving and investing for retirement…someday! PAUL, WHAT IS...

Sunday Money: Disinheritance

WBIR: Has someone in the family gotten on your bad side!? Well…you could always disinherit them!  Understandably, disinheriting an individual from your will can be a difficult decision. Should you? Could you? Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain joins us now to...

Continuing Wisdom

I am grateful every day that I work in a firm culture that both encourages and supports continuing education at every level. As a financial planning professional, I have specific requirements for continuing education that must be met to maintain my CFP® designation,...

Knoxville News Sentinel: Old Age is Not for Sissies

On a typical Easter weekend, we travel to the Tri-Cities to visit relatives. One particularly sweet soul that we enjoy seeing is Aunt Naomi. She is almost 90 years old and living independently. “All I do is pay bills and check stuff,” she said last weekend: Is the...


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