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Retirement: Everything is Different Now!

by leadingedgedev

Oct 31, 2020

You may be the type of person that enjoys managing your own investments. And there’s nothing wrong with that. However, as you approach or are in retirement things can be very different.

Luck and Airline Pilot Retirement

by leadingedgedev

Jul 22, 2020

Luck and Airline Pilot RetirementHow much does luck have to do with building a successful retirement nest egg?  Consider what would happen if immediately following your retirement there is a recession.  Talk about bad luck!  Unless… you planned for it.  At Leading Edge we plan under the assumption that a recession may happen at the […]

Southwest Airlines Voluntary Pilot Reduction Options: VSP and ExTO

by leadingedgedev

Jun 10, 2020

 Southwest Airlines, in an effort to reduce its workforce, has just offered pilots Voluntary Separation Pay (VSP) and Extended Emergency Time Off (ExTO). Both are generous packages (in our opinion) and an excellent option for some pilots. How do you know if it’s right for you? In this video, Kevin & Charlie discuss what is […]

Why Not Buy Individual Stocks?

by leadingedgedev

Jun 10, 2020

So, you want to be a stock picker? This video may make you think twice. There are stories of someone getting lucky with a homerun stock return but it’s rare.  (More than 50% of stocks do not beat their market). Kevin explains why it’s so difficult to successfully invest in individual stocks and the effect […]

Warren Buffet Hates Airlines… So What?!

by leadingedgedev

May 26, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway recently sold its entire stake in Delta, Southwest, American, and United Airlines and stock prices fell after the announcement.  What is interesting is all but one out of the four of the airline’s stock prices have gone higher since the low on May 4th when Warren Buffett’s sale was made public.Stock pricing adjusts […]

Don’t Abandon Your Financial Plan in Response to Headlines – This is Why

by leadingedgedev

May 7, 2020

It’s tempting to abandon your financial plan when the world is experiencing unprecedented circumstances.  Although the pandemic is new and scary, don’t let the headlines play on your fears and knock you off your path.     History shows that recessions and recoveries are filled with short term spikes and falls. These short term events […]

The Shape of Economic Recovery

by leadingedgedev

Apr 30, 2020

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on our financial markets. Now that we are settling into the chaos many economists are starting to predict what shape the recovery might look like; V, U, W, L, etc. What do those letters mean? And does it even matter HOW the economy recovers, as long as it DOES indeed […]

5 Things You Can Do to Prepare for This Bear Market

by leadingedgedev

Mar 12, 2020

Who could have imagined we would start with the spread of a virus, add in some political election turmoil, and now we have an OPEC price war.  Wow!Although we can’t control viruses and oil price wars, there are many things we CAN do to prepare for this bear market or recession.  Here are five things to […]

How will the coronavirus affect my investment portfolio?

by leadingedgedev

Feb 18, 2020

The question everybody seems to be asking these days is: How will the coronavirus (now officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization) affect my investment portfolio? Of course, the unsatisfying answer is: we honestly have no idea.  You can count the unknowns.  The virus is now up to more than 73,332* cases and almost 1,870* fatalities—and counting.  But nobody […]
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