Designed to Work
Furniture making is an art that WallGoldfinger Inc. has down to a science. The Randolph-based company specializes in marrying corporate furniture — ranging from small desks to 50-foot conference tables — with technology to create beautiful yet functional pieces. Led by mild-mannered but driven CEO John Wall, who owns the company with his wife, Annie Gould, WallGoldfinger has grown into a formidable furniture producer catering to...
Investors Grapple With Question: When to Spend Savings?
Pittsburgh — After working hard at a job or business for decades — scrimping and saving for the better part of a lifetime — many people wrestle with the question of when to spend the money they’ve accumulated. “I often mention to our clients that I have yet to see a Brinks truck full of money following a hearse at a funeral procession,” said Curt Knotick, a financial adviser and owner of Accurate Solutions Group in Butler, about 35...
Back in the Black: Financial Coach Helps Call the Plays That Pay
Throughout Megan Sather’s childhood in Jericho, Vt., money ranked right up there with sex and religion. “Those were the three topics you were never to mention,” she said. Many other people — perhaps most people — had similar experiences, which Sather said might explain the stigma around the subject of money. Or perhaps it’s because people don’t learn financial literacy in school “and they feel embarrassed because maybe they’ve messed...
Back in the Black: Financial Coach Helps Call the Plays That Pay
Throughout Megan Sather’s childhood in Jericho, Vt., money ranked right up there with sex and religion. “Those were the three topics you were never to mention,” she said. Many other people — perhaps most people — had similar experiences, which Sather said might explain the stigma around the subject of money. Or perhaps it’s because people don’t learn financial literacy in school “and they feel embarrassed because maybe they’ve messed...
Afraid You’ll Outlive Your Nest Egg?
Washington — We once thought of retirement as a time to relax, play golf and maybe travel — to finally have a little fun. For some, that will still be the case. For others, the thought of retirement brings anxiety: They’re worried that they’ll run out of money. In a recent survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, 44 percent of workers of all ages cited having insufficient finances as their biggest fear. And a quarter...
