http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Glenn Finances Glenn Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=525126&ca=Finances As the dust settles from the Wall Street meltdown of 2008, the average investor needs to chart a course that threads its way through future growth and perils. Simply relying on the old investment adages may not be the wisest course. Here's some things to think about. (1) Wall Street is not your frie... Finances Glenn Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=526025&ca=Finances Death, Taxes, and teenage texting - these are the certainties of life. The tax code is far too complicated for anyone to understand, and why teenagers can text all day but never write a thank you note is an unsolved mystery. Death on the other hand is somewhat more straightforward. One day you’re re... Finances Glenn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=140741&ca=Finances With the onslaught of impending baby boomer retirements, advice regarding distributions from employer-sponsored retirement plans abound. While it is generally good advice to roll-over qualified employer retirement plan assets to an IRA, that may not be good advise for anyone whose 401(k) plan contai... Finances Glenn Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=89580&ca=Finances I recently read a financial advice column that began with the premise that putting money away for retirement was extremely difficult because "its hard to part" with money for a future need. What's wrong with this picture? Money saved for retirement is not separated from you as the writer suggests. I... Finances Glenn Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=74626&ca=Finances Since the advent of 401(k) plans, employees have been empowered to take responsibility for their retirement assets by controlling the placement of their investment dollars. Over time, many employees have been ill-equipped and uncomfortable in making those decisions. In response, plan vendors have co... Finances Glenn Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67723&ca=Finances Here's the issue. You bought a stock umpteen years ago that is now worth 10 times what you paid for it, but in the last 5 years its trading price seems to be super glued to the wall. You have always been a proponent of "buy and hold" and this stock seems to bear out the wisdom of that strategy. But... Legal Glenn Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=58990&ca=Legal My Aunt Betty’s closest companions have always been her cats. Ever since I was a boy, my family never traveled to the Midwest to visit just Betty. It was always Betty and Roscoe or Betty and Fluffy. She’s always loved those feline friends and, as age crept up on her, she started to speculate what wo... Real Estate Glenn Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=33835&ca=Real+Estate Low interest rates and relatively easy access to mortgage money are just two factors that have caused a boom in residential real estate prices over the past few years. This phenomena has caused a number of analysts to ask whether a national "housing bubble" now exists and how its potential collapse... Finances Glenn Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=15285&ca=Finances If you're choosing investments based on total returns over specific time periods (i.e., 1yr, 3yrs, 5yrs, and 10yrs) without assessing the risk, it's time to add another component to your selection process. Standard Deviation and the Sharpe Ratio are two basic tools that are used by investment profes... Finances Glenn Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=11919&ca=Finances Picture one of those clubs where only the real heavyweights need apply. In the library the old aristocrats, General Motors and JP Morgan, are dozing in their leather chairs. On the terrace, a late luncheon is underway for those who have only improved their standing through marriage. ExxonMobil and C...