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Read Melissa's article in West Knoxville Lifestyle's February issue about prioritizing progress over perfection when it comes to your financial future.

As we enter the new year, many newspapers, magazines and financial news programs are sharing their financial market forecasts for 2018. Never mind that most of these predictions will be wrong, as was the case last year...

Will you come out ahead with the new tax changes? The new law will take months to fully digest and much planning will be needed, especially for small business owners. But, there are a few clear-cut takeaways.

Read Melissa's article in West Knoxville Lifestyle's December issue providing ways to multiply the impact of your gift during the holidays.

Eric Foster discusses 3 key topics that have unfolded during 2017 along with how they have affected the economy and financial markets.

Bitcoin has advanced 900% in the past year. Eric discusses the basic plumbing of the Bitcoin technology along with key events in 2017. Learn about cryptography, hard forks, and why the CEO of JP Morgan Chase called Bitcoin buyers stupid.

Eric discusses climbing markets, boardroom battles, and tax reform on this segment of Market Monday.

Most charitable donations are made with cash. If you have enough deductions to itemize and have investible assets that are not held in retirement accounts, there is likely a more tax efficient way to give to charity.

Read Melissa’s financial guidance for enjoying life’s simple pleasures, featured in the inaugural issue of West Knoxville Lifestyle Magazine.

As affected consumers of the Equifax data breach, my husband and I decided to freeze our credit reports at the three major bureaus: Transunion, Experian and Equifax. The road was bumpy but successful. I learned a few things along the way.

Given the strong recent returns in the stock market, what is an investor to do? Is it time to bail? With the stock market at elevated levels, now is the time for investors to review their portfolios with a heightened level of cautiousness.

Equifax announced a data breach, affecting nearly half of Americans. Obviously, this is very concerning—but how do you best protect yourself and your family?

Eric discusses the global markets, the impact of Hurricane Harvey, and the surprising best performing asset (by far) in 2017.

Eric Foster discusses recent market volatility and one key area that many investors often neglect in planning for the future.

With U.S. stocks seemingly hitting a new high almost every week, investors are becoming ever more exuberant. And why not, right? In such an environment, the notion of risk begins to fade from investor memory.

In this week’s episode of Market Monday, Eric discusses action of the second quarter in 2017. The conversation also touches on why economists are often wrong along with a couple of surprises from 2 well known companies.

While investors must accept some risk in their portfolios, the safest way to achieve financial goals is to focus on saving more rather than trying to boost returns by taking on more risk.

Eric Foster joins WBIR’s Noon News to discuss some large moves higher so far in 2017 from some of the world’s largest companies. Eric also touches on the recently announced buyout of Whole Foods by Amazon.

The path to policy normalization will not be easy and poses a new set of challenges to investors. Times Are A-Changin’ in the monetary policy world.The echoes of this Bob Dylan classic can be heard through today’s financial markets. The days of quantitative easing, gone. Interest rate cuts, gone. The path forward in economic parlance…“policy normalization.”

PYA Waltman’s Eric Foster discusses the impact of a recent major takeover. Eric also covers one significant mistake that investors commonly make when planning for retirement.

Eric Foster joins WBIR’s Mary Scott to discuss struggles in the retail sector as many businesses continue to grapple with business moving online.

Establishing a sound financial foundation can lead to a more enjoyable life and financial peace of mind: but how to go about it? I recommend graduates implement the following five action items.

Bitcoin is a technology that some believe will disrupt the financial industry. This project aims to track the advances and setbacks to Bitcoin over the coming decade.

Eric Foster discusses growth in the US stock market in 2017 along with interest rate hikes here in the U.S.

What George Costanza Can Teach Us About Being A Good Investor

Should investors attempt to pick the winners and avoid the losers? Or, should they simply accept the inevitable losers with the knowledge that the winners will make up for it over the long-term?

From Brexit in July to the election of Donald Trump in November to Italy’s ”no” vote in December against the reforms proposed by Prime Minister Renzi and his subsequent resignation, a populist anti-establishment wave swept the globe.

A few days ago I was looking through my file of saved articles and I came across a Wall Street Journal article from 2008. The article, “Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love the Bear,” was written by Jason Zweig on July 12, 2008. As I re-read the article, I was struck by the juxtaposition of the situation today compared to when the article was written.

Investing is complex, fascinating, sometimes maddening, and always evolving. The world and its uncertainties coupled with the various competing objectives of investors around the globe require an evolving mind in order to be successful.