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An Investment Advisor Mentors a Family

I started mentoring Nikki when she was in Kindergarten. We ate lunch together every Thursday for 13 years. Her senior year at Central High School in Davenport, we were honored with the 1st Annual Award for "Most Amazing Match". When I watched Nikki...

An Investment Advisor Talks About “Your Number”

A professional advisor, after listening to your goals and dreams, can build a plan and use a retirement income calculator to come up with "your number". "Your number" is that amount of financial assets needed to fund the retirement that you want. Most experts say...

An Investment Advisor Celebrates Christmas

Myiah, my "Lil' Sister" through Big Brothers/Big Sisters, brought me so much joy when I celebrated Christmas (which was also her 9th birthday!) with her this week. Circa '21 is a gem in our Quad-Cities community: a dinner/theater showplace where folks have been...

An Investment Advisor Talks About Preparing for Retirement

Throw out the mindset that retirement is an arbitrary age like 62 or 65. Instead, retirement should be the point at which you reach a certain level of financial security that will sustain you throughout your retirement years. Financial security means a lot of...

An Investment Advisor Volunteers at Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is a small Pre-K through 8th grade elementary school in Bettendorf, Iowa. It makes me smile to begin every week by volunteering there on Monday mornings. I first help in Mrs. Driscoll's 6th grade math class. I love working...

An Investment Advisor With Dr. Jill Biden

I was so humbled to be recognized during the November 3rd YWCA event, "100 Years, 100 Honored" which honored Dr. Jill Biden and 100 Influential Citizens of the Quad-Cities Community. Meeting Dr. Biden one-on-one and getting the opportunity to snap a picture with her...

Proud to Be on the Board of the Amy Helpenstell Foundation

I am so privileged to be part of the Board of the Amy Helpenstell Foundation. Amy was brilliant, funny, caring and a savvy businesswoman. She was the CEO of A.D. Huesing Company before she passed in 2003. Amy was my best friend and she will always be greatly missed...

An Investment Advisor Talks About Stocks

Even older retirees need to invest in stocks for growth in order to protect the value of their purchasing power during periods of rising inflation. I've talked to retirees who tell me they can't invest in stocks as they won't have enough time to "make up the loss" if...