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April 15, 2013|Joseph Alfonso, Credit.com By now most of us have filed our income tax returns, and the last thing we want to do at this point is think about taxes....

April 13, 2013|Veronica Dagher, The Wall Street Journal What you don’t know about your 401(k) could hurt you. Millions of Americans are counting on their 401(k) to fund their golden years. But financial advisers say some people may be making...

April 11, 2013|Cliff Newell, The Lake Oswego Review Kathleen Rehl to lead workshop on financial planning for widows April 20 in Lake Oswego Nothing can prepare a woman for the shock and grief that comes with the loss of a...

I’d like to share this drawing sent to me by a colleague. It is motivated by the current news in the headlines about the situation in Cyprus, but it applies to all crises du jour that the media chooses to...

January 25, 2013|Joe Light, The Wall Street Journal For the past five years, the Federal Reserve has pushed down the interest rates on traditionally safe assets such as Treasury bonds to near record lows, in hopes of sparking the economy....

The following is our update of global market performance in Q4 2012. Q4 2012 Global Market Performance...

January 5, 2013 |Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian From afar, cliffs can be beautiful, awe-inspiring. Up close, they’re jagged, intimidating and dangerous. What Congress did last week to avert the fiscal cliff works just the opposite. For now, the vast majority...

The following is our update of global market performance in Q3 2012: Q3 2012 Global Stock Market Performance...

The following is our update of global market performance in Q2 2012. Q2 2012 Global Markets Review...

I am always struck by the financial media’s response to market turbulence. Pundits regularly react to events such as the current European debt crisis or the slow-to-recover US economy as if these challenges are somehow unprecedented, requiring a fundamental change...