Henssler Money Talks

Original Air Date: April 29, 2019 Marcy Stidum, Director of CARE Services at Kennesaw State University. CARE Services offers support to students who have experienced homelessness, food insecurity and/or the foster care system.

Original Air Date: June 4, 2016 Over the years, we have talked in great length about laddering your fixed-income investments to meet your liquidity needs. This concept of laddering bonds is a byproduct of your financial plan. Once you get within 10 years of a known expenditure, you should not have those assets exposed to the equity markets in order to preserve the principal.

Original Air Date: August 23, 2014 Bil Lako, CFP®, explains why a 10-year holding period matters and how higher interest rates affect your bond holdings.

Original Air Date: September 21, 2013 The “Money Talks” hosts discuss retirement savings and how much you may need in the future.

 Original Air Date: February 26, 2012 Ken Harmon, D.B.A., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kennesaw State University joins “Money Talks” to discuss President Obama’s “Blueprint for Keeping College Affordable and Within Reach for All Americans.” 

Original Air Date: August 20, 2011 Investors are concerned about slower economic growth and undesirably high unemployment combined with softer inflation through the second quarter. In uneasy economic times, investors are more interested in living off the interest and dividends from their investments without touching principal. Investors, desperate for income, often inadvertently take on more risk....

Original Air Date: August 6, 2011 Bil Lako, CFP®, explains how sometimes investors are not paying attention to the decisions that are being made. Sometimes an active portfolio decision often leads you to do nothing. That is the decision. When you see moves like Monday, down 5%; Tuesday, up 4%; Wednesday, down 4%, Thursday, up 5% you have to ask yourself, “Why?”  If you cannot answer, or do not und...