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Amid tariff wars and temporary truces, Brexit bewilderment and historic Hong Kong rallies, the global thermometer isn’t the only gauge that may leave you and your investment temperament reeling between cooling chills and hot thrills this summer.

The Inspector General of Social Security, Gail S. Ennis, recently released a warning to citizens about a caller-ID "spoofing" scheme misusing the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) Fraud Hotline phone number. The OIG has received recent reports of phone calls displaying the Fraud Hotline number on a caller-ID screen.

If you’ve been an evidence-based investor for a while, you know the drill:

In today’s climate of one-page financial plans, bargain-basement fund pricing and automated investment management tools, you may wonder whether you still need a living, breathing financial advisor.

Here are a few tips for saving on taxes for your rental properties. Did you know that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a 20% tax deduction possibility? A new "Safe Harbor" has also been made for Section 199A rental properties. If you've wondered how to handle multiple rental activities and the 199A deduction, you'll find information on that here, as well.

If you would like to make a substantial tax-deductible charitable donation this year, but have the ability to spread the actual distribution of funds to specific charities over a number of years, a donor-advised fund (DAF) may fill that need.

There are many reasons to engage the services of a financial advisor.

Some investors don’t understand the complexities and the array of choices, and they would prefer to have an expert deal with it for them. That’s understandable.

Are your investments liquid or illiquid? When a holding is liquid, it simply means you can sell it anytime the market in which it trades is open for business, without losing your proverbial shirt in the exchange. If it’s illiquid, you cannot sell it, at least not for anything near what it’s worth.

Degrees of Liquidity

We all want what is best for our children. At an early age, we teach them to eat the right foods, we place them in the best preschools, we encourage them in grade school and high school, and we cheer them on when they excel in extracurricular activities.

Put another way, we want our children to succeed in all aspects of life.

“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy — one that is robust and that you can stick with — cannot be overstated.”

— David Booth