Robert R. Rowley PS

Attorney at Law


Category: Legacy Planning

Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old

Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old

Middle age now lasts until 74 as baby boomers refuse to grow old http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11539573/Middle-age-now-lasts-until-74-as-baby-boomers-refuse-to-grow-old.html

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Should you buy a rental property? – Money Management

Should you buy a rental property? – Money Management

http://www.moneymanagement.org/Community/Blogs/Blogging-for-Change/2015/March/Should-you-buy-a-rental-property.aspx?CMP=SNL-040215&cmp=

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Are Index-Fund Investors Smarter? (Wall St Journal – Mar 26, 2015)

Are Index-Fund Investors Smarter? (Wall St Journal – Mar 26, 2015)

Index funds don’t just outperform most actively managed mutual funds. They also make more money for investors. And, no, I didn’t just repeat myself. At issue here is the distinction between a fund’s total return and its dollar-weighted return. The total return is the standard performance number you see on fund-company websites and in fund […]

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True Generosity

True Generosity
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C.S. Lewis On Generosity And Charitable Giving

C.S. Lewis On Generosity And Charitable Giving

“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we […]

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Giving Till It Hurts (Wall St Journal)

Giving Till It Hurts (Wall St Journal)

They are forgoing vacation homes, early retirement and college saving plans. Sally Beatty on the increasing number of ‘stretch’ givers who donate out of proportion to their wealth. By SALLY BEATTY July 6, 2007; Page W1 For 37 years, Nobuko Kajitani worked as a textile conservator at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. She lived modestly, shunning […]

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How to Live a Happier Financial Life – Wall St Journal)

How to Live a Happier Financial Life – Wall St Journal)

How to Live a Happier Financial Life For Sunday WSJ Readers, a Few Parting Words of Wisdom Feb. 7, 2015 8:27 p.m. ET It all comes down to this. I wrote for the first edition of The Wall Street Journal Sunday. It seems fitting I should help bring down the curtain. Parting thoughts? With my […]

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THE LEGACY CONVERSATION

THE LEGACY CONVERSATION

THE LEGACY CONVERSATION by Bill High Psalm 78:  The psalm is the story of generational legacy.  God says that one generation should tell the next, who should tell the next, and so forth.  The chief musician served under David, Solomon and Rehoboam.  He could see and testify to the power of generational impact. He decreed […]

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How to Make Your Wishes for End-of-Life Care Clear – WSJ

How to Make Your Wishes for End-of-Life Care Clear – WSJ

How to Make Your Wishes for End-of-Life Care Clear New Concerns Arise About How Well Patients and Doctors Understand Advance Directives By LAURA LANDRO Nov. 30, 2014 11:27 p.m. ET 3 COMMENTS As acceptance of end-of-life planning grows in the U.S., new concerns are emerging about how well patients and their doctors understand the forms […]

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How to Keep an Inheritance From Going to a Spouse During Divorce – WSJ

How to Keep an Inheritance From Going to a Spouse During Divorce – WSJ

How to Keep Your Inheritance in a Divorce Strategies Include Saving Documentation and Maintaining Separate Accounts MATTHEW HOLLISTER By NEIL PARMAR Nov. 9, 2014 4:45 p.m. ET For the happily wed, marriage is often about sharing everything—including generous gifts bestowed by parents or grandparents. But when a relationship ends in divorce, that perspective can change […]

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