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When Battling Inflation Consider Bonds, I Bonds
When battling inflation, consider bonds, I Bonds.

Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 6, 20225 min read


Resolution 2022: How to Declutter Your Investments this Year
New Year’s resolution: Take a hard look at your increasingly complex investments and simplify things.

Hugh F. Wynn
Dec 31, 20214 min read


Addressing Allegations: Are TDFs Costly and Inefficient?
I've been asked why I include Target-Date Funds (TDFs) in my investing strategy as some contend they are inefficient and costly.

Hugh F. Wynn
Dec 2, 20214 min read


Trying to Make Sense of Medicare and its Moving "Parts"
It pays to know Medicare and the different plan options available to help you cover healthcare costs. Let's Medi-talk.

Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 21, 20215 min read


Are Health Savings Accounts Too Good to be True?
Is it possible to contribute more that you're likely to spend on healthcare costs to your Health Savings Account (HSA)?

Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 7, 20213 min read


Pushing Boundaries: Investing in 401(k)s and IRAs at the same time
Take your retirement savings to the next level by investing simultaneously in a 401(k) retirement plan and an IRA.

Hugh F. Wynn
Sep 16, 20214 min read


Inquiring Minds: Is Our Economy Headed for a Meltdown?
Most folks are familiar with “meltdowns”. But what about a “melt-up”? And is our economy in a melt-up heading for a dreaded meltdown?

Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 26, 20214 min read


Is There a Cure for Tightwad-itis?
It's great to save your hard-earned dollars but when does saving becoming more of a sickness and less of a good habit?

Hugh F. Wynn
Jul 29, 20214 min read


Emergency Funds and the (Almost) Risk-Free I Bond
Your Rainy Day - or emergency fund - needs to be liquid, but it doesn't have to be shoved under the mattress.

Hugh F. Wynn
Jun 17, 20215 min read


How to Make Money in Retirement Without Working
Retirement means no more work - at least no more 9-to-5, 50 weeks a year with a brief vacations, commute-type of work. But some folks...

Hugh F. Wynn
Apr 29, 20213 min read


Stimulus Payments 2.0: About the CRRSA Act of 2021
The $900 billion Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSA Act), signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020, deli

Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 14, 20214 min read


New Year, New Opportunity to Plan for the Next Rainy Day
A new year ignites my obsession for Rainy Day - or emergency - funds. A couple of this week's Qs touch on this vital topic and my strong rec

Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 7, 20213 min read


How to Keep Savings from Yourself
In this episode of Q&A: Real World WynnSights, we explore a growing movement toward employer-promoted savings vehicles, admit the 2020 equit

Hugh F. Wynn
Dec 17, 20203 min read


November Q&A: Real World WynnSights
Check out this new post on the WynnSights blog, a personal investment blog based on blogger Hugh Wynn's fervent belief that investing should

Hugh F. Wynn
Nov 26, 20205 min read


The Pandemic has Millennials on Financial Pins 'n Needles
It’s a fair statement to suggest that younger people – Millennials – have suffered some particularly catastrophic economic hardships.

Hugh F. Wynn
Sep 17, 20204 min read


What To Do When Your Rainy Day Fund Runs Dry
Millions of out-of-work Americans are currently struggling to pay their bills, whether it be day-to-day expenses or an emergency?

Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 13, 20204 min read


Rainy Day Funds Redux
We seem to be having unexpected disasters on a routine basis, so a reminder of the value of Rainy Day Funds is once more in order.

Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 6, 20205 min read


Investing - like life - does not have to be complicated.
Bogle’s principles are the foundation for and embedded in my own PDQ Principles of Investing… Patience, Diversification and Quality.

Hugh F. Wynn
Jun 18, 20204 min read


COVID-19 Forces Far-Reaching Financial Lessons
The current COVID-19 upheaval in the lives of millions of people, not just in American but worldwide, is a harsh reminder to all of us

Hugh F. Wynn
May 14, 20203 min read


CARES Act Allows Emergency Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts
Provisions of the recent CARES Act makes it easier for retirement plan participants to take early withdrawals and/or loans from those plans

Hugh F. Wynn
May 7, 20204 min read


Save and Invest...Or I'll Wash Your Mouth Out With Soap!
I don’t believe young people are disinterested in saving and investing.

Hugh F. Wynn
Apr 30, 20203 min read
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