What a difference a week makes. One week ago I was wishing we had more growth stocks and less bonds in some of our accounts. Today, I find myself wishing the exact opposite. I wish we had more bonds and less

Senior-Living Placement How does someone without any assisted-living experience, 1) determine which senior living facilities are good, 2) match the needs of their loved one with the right facility and 3) not pay more than they need to? These are stressful

August 22 will mark the longest bull market (up market) in history unless the stock market drops more than 20% before then. It got us thinking, who deserves the credit for this? Trump helped push through the tax reform which resulted

“Why would anyone in their right mind volunteer to be pepper sprayed?” This is the question I was asking myself after I was pepper sprayed and had to defend myself during my annual two weeks of training at the Yaquina

Well, here we are again. Another day of maddening volatility brought to us by another round of maddening tariffs. If it feels like the market’s as volatile as it’s been in a VERY long time, it’s because it is. If

SMB Financial's new logo. After using the name Retirement Income Advisors for the last 5 years, we are now rebranding and moving all business under the SMB Financial umbrella. This does not represent a major change since Retirement Income Advisors