Award winning financial planner Erin Botsford believes traditional retirement approaches including heavy reliance on stock and bond investments, asset allocation strategies and set annual withdrawals are unreliable and in some cases downright dangerous. Instead the CEO and founder of The Botsford Group relies on guaranteed sources of income to pay for life’s necessities.
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BOTSFORD: CHARITABLE CAUSE
CHARITABLE CAUSE Award winning Financial Planner Erin Botsford isn’t just focusing on the well-being of her clients at The Botsford Group. She and her husband are also spending time and money in Africa. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
DREIFUS: CONFIDENT INVESTOR
In an exclusive interview, veteran contrarian investor Charlie Dreifus explains why he is not worried about recent stock market turbulence and where he is still finding high quality bargains.
DREIFUS: ON WORRYING
Great Investor Charlie Dreifus is constantly analyzing what could go wrong with the companies he chooses for his Royce Special Equity and Royce Special Equity Multi-Cap Funds. We asked him why worrying was his self-described “natural state.” Dreifus is a big believer in the power of compound dividends, which he has put to work in […]
GRANT: POLITICAL NERVE
POLITICAL NERVE Financial thought leader and historian James Grant believes there are economic reasons behind the unexpected appeal of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. He explains why they have touched a popular nerve. Grant also shares an insightful article he wrote about Trump in 1990 when Trump’s real estate business was under serious […]
GRANT: MARKET DANGERS
Are dangerous cracks already appearing in the foundations of the world’s bond markets? In a rare interview, financial historian and bond market analyst James Grant, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer warns of the building investment fault lines.