Barry Glassman, CFP®

7 Ways to Tweak Your Retirement Plan for 2012

Jessica Ness, Client Advisor and Director of Financial Planning for Glassman Wealth Services recently shared her retirement planning tips with Mark Miller, retirement columnist for Reuters. “Rebalancing puts an automatic…

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Retirement Rules of Thumb Don’t Always Apply

I had a conversation recently with John Waggoner, the personal finance columnist for USA Today where we talked about the assumptions that many people still make about retirement, such as…

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Is an Energy Crisis Next on the Horizon

Last week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2011 world energy outlook. The IEA painted a dire picture for the global energy outlook, showing an increasingly stressed oil market…

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Italy – The Eurozone’s Latest Headache

Yesterday, the global markets experienced a dynamic sell-off and you should know why.  This time it’s Italy. To explain what’s going on, let’s relate this whole situation to your home…

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Do Nothing Congress

Conventional wisdom would support the notion that the division of power between Congress and the White House should be healthy for the nation’s economic environment. However, the idea that our…

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Wildcards in the Super Committee

Here is an interesting take on latest from the Super Committee by Greg Valliere, Chief Political Strategist of the Potomac Research Group. LOWERED EXPECTATIONS:  Just as European leaders are preparing the markets…

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2nd Home Mortgage Deductibility – Which States Will Feel the Loss?

If congress ever comes to a consensus on debt reduction, or even a revamp of the tax code, there are some deductions that are likely to disappear; and right after…

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Financial Planners’ Assumptions As Varied As Their Advice

Recently, I was fortunate enough to lead a panel discussion of several prominent financial advisors at a meeting attended by 150 financial planners in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The…

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Chef Night Raises Over $50,000

The 10th Annual Chef Night to benefit the National Brain Tumor Society was a success raising over $50,000 to advance a cure for brain tumors. The sold-out event was held…

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Who in Washington is Responsible for the U.S. Debt?

Great infographic from Fast Company of the presidents and parties in power since 1940 and the debt during their time in Washington.                …

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