A chunk of your heart breaks off each time you see a tiny piece of their independence fall away.
When you were growing up, your parents were strong and stubbornly independent.
You always admired that about them.
Now they’re aging and need a lot more help than ever before.
More spending = higher taxes?
That seems likely with a $2 trillion American Jobs Plan (that could eventually cost trillions more) on the table to bolster America’s crumbling infrastructure and invest in R&D.1
What could those tax hikes look like? Let’s consider the possibilities.
Healing hurts. After an injury or illness, it takes a while to heal and recover our strength and mobility. Sometimes we need physical therapy, sometimes shots to help us heal. Sometimes that short term pain from the prick of a vaccine or medicine is for the long term gain. The same is true when it comes to recovering financially.
Has a sudden change at work forced you to make quick (and critical) retirement decisions much earlier than expected?
You may be wondering many things….
The low barrier to entry for investment apps and websites like Robinhood, Etrade, Public, and Charles Schwab means that stock trading and investing can now more readily be accessed by anyone and everyone. Many of these platforms have moved to offer no or low fee services and reduced investing minimums.
