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Trading vs. Investing: Which is More Likely to Reap Rewards?
These are two very different approaches to making money in the stock and bond markets - essentially trading versus investing.

Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 12, 20213 min read


Target-Date Funds Let You "Set It and Forget It"
A target date fund automatically changes your investments from high-risk, high-reward to low-risk, low-reward as you near retirement.

Hugh F. Wynn
Aug 5, 20214 min read


The Secret to My (Investing) Success
My PDQ Principles of Investing (Patience, Diversification and Quality) revolve around the concept of simplicity.

Hugh F. Wynn
Jul 22, 20214 min read


America's Housing Market: Is the Bubble About to Burst?
America is experiencing an extremely competitive housing marketplace, reminiscent of the Great Recession.

Hugh F. Wynn
Jun 24, 20217 min read


Crypto Craze: Is it a Bubble or Here to Stay?
Bitcoin...Dogecoin...Binance Coin. It's all science fiction to me. But even a conservative investor like me is curious about the future...

Hugh F. Wynn
May 13, 20214 min read


Annuities Can Play an Important Role in Your Retirement Plan
Many people view their retirement plans as one-dimensional portfolios but that couldn't be further from the truth. You can have include...

Hugh F. Wynn
Apr 22, 20214 min read


#TradingSpaces: Has Robinhood Lost its Luster?
In this week's #TradingSpaces I opine on one of the best known - perhaps, infamous - online trading platforms. Robinhood has attracted...

Hugh F. Wynn
Mar 11, 20213 min read


Exercise Patience You Will, Young Investor
I was very pleased to get a question from a young, fledgling investor who is ready to storm the market with a year's worth of income!...

Hugh F. Wynn
Feb 11, 20216 min read


Guilty as Charged: How Do You Know When Enough is Enough?
Many of us started with nothing (except that egg money, Joe) but did have the good sense to pay attention to parental and other financial ad

Hugh F. Wynn
Jan 28, 20212 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


Buying a House vs Buying a Home
It might be hard to hear this about your most costly asset, but it's important to face the facts about the downsides of owning residential r

Hugh F. Wynn
Nov 19, 20204 min read


The Recipe for Investment Success: Time, Money…and Discipline
Mix together equal parts time, money and discipline and let it simmer. You'll be rewarded with a nice dish of savings!

Hugh F. Wynn
Nov 12, 20202 min read


Individual Retirement Accounts: Traditional, Roth and Conversions
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are a blessing, but which way should you lean when it comes to choosing a tradition IRA or Roth IRA?

Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 29, 20204 min read


Pandemic Interest Rates: How Low Can They Go?
The Federal Reserve seems to be signaling that short-term interest rates will remain a fact of life for, perhaps, years to come. Wise?

Hugh F. Wynn
Oct 8, 20204 min read


Dare to be Average and You'll Come Out on Top
Investors – particularly young, inexperienced investors – tend to believe that they can “beat the stock market."

Hugh F. Wynn
Sep 10, 20204 min read


Short-Term Speculation Erodes the Power of Compounding
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
Sep 3, 20203 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


To Contribute or Not? That Is the 401(k) Question
I frequently encourage folks to optimize their 401(k) match opportunities. And I believe it’s incredibly good advice

Hugh F. Wynn
Jul 30, 20204 min read


How to Optimize Retirement Spending During COVID-19
The enduring COVID-19 pandemic has retirees (or those nearing retirement) taking a second look at their “buckets of funds” – sources of cash

Hugh F. Wynn
Jul 23, 20204 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
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