January 30, 20190Comments

Some Cardholders Are Bourbon Kings: Have you learned nothing and forgot nothing about credit card debt and its dangers?

Here’s a reason why many people, starting out to manage money for themselves for the first time, need an advisor. The advisor can be, sometimes must be, a teacher who

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 21, 20190Comments

Active Fund Managers Say Their Time Has Come: Rocky markets mean their future is now, they say

Zero percent interest rates and low market volatility are gone and so is the case for passive investing in this new rocky market. Ignore these warnings, say active managers, at

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 19, 20190Comments

The Triumphs of a MoneySense Great: How one man changed Wall Street and improved the lot of millions of individual investors

Vanguard founder John Bogle, who just died, was a money maverick who made a lot of average people wealthier, thanks to his funds. This means many people were able to

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 19, 20190Comments

You Think You’re Paying for One Thing, but the Government Spends It Elsewhere

Taxpayers should get what they paid for and not something else. We pay taxes---do we ever! ---in advanced welfare democracies for certain programs, then the money goes elsewhere. Here in the

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 13, 20190Comments

Cash Isn’t Always Trash: Why it is important to have different kinds of assets, even one that seems “trashy.”.

We have emphasized here at GregoryBresiger.com that stocks produce the best long-term returns, about nine percent a year, of most asset classes. That is why they need to be in

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

January 8, 20190Comments

Americans Need Help: Financial illiteracy runs rampant in the United States. Do you understand how you may need help?

Most Americans don’t get it. They are overwhelmed by simple money concepts. That means advisors have lots of work ahead of them. That’s because advisors are facing a basic question. Who

by Gregory Bresiger