Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
Investing in Safe Bonds: Invest Like You're Rich and Take Less Risk
Investing in (safe) bonds: that's the strategy that rich people and people who are nearing or at retirement share. By the end of this...
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Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jul 23
How Long Will It Take Stock Market to Recover?: How Will Bear Market Last?
How Long Will It Take Stock Market to Recover? How long will the bear market last? When will the downturn be over? Bridget Sullivan...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jul 16
Recession-Proof Your Money: What to do if you feel recession fear
Recession-proof your money to help you reduce the fear of a recession. Make sure you're prepared. Do you want to make sure that you’ll...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Feb 13
The Super Bowl and Money: Takeaways you can use in your personal financial planning
Millions of people around the world will watch the Super Bowl but few will think about lessons they can take from the game to apply to...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Feb 7
Investment Market Insight: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly from 2021 Predictions
There is never a shortage of stock market predictions, but have any of those actually given insight into what is going to happen in any...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jan 15
Invest, Gamble or Speculate; What's the difference?
Invest, gamble, or speculate. John's going to Vegas. Is that to gamble? Invest? something in between? In this episode of Friends Talk...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jan 11
Stock Market Predictions: Our Outlook for 2022
There is a lot of news about stock market predictions for 2022, find out our outlook for 2022 and learn market predictions are worth your...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Dec 6, 2021
Financial Planning for Omicron: Are You Worried?
The Omicron variant is coming. Should you change your financial planning to adjust for the latest variant? Are you worried about your...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Nov 16, 2021
High Inflation Money Strategy: Invest to Beat Inflation
Inflation is high; we discuss the strategy we both use to help clients understand and plan for it. We haven't seen inflation figures...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- May 19, 2021
The Stock Market is Going to Go Down. Prepare.
We don’t know when the stock market will crash, but we do know that eventually it will go down. It may stay down for two to three years....
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Feb 15, 2021
How are Bonds Like Pickles?
Stock market up or down—should I sell? Financial planners are often are asked, “The stock market is at an all time high. Should I sell?”...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Feb 6, 2021
Gamestop, Robinhood and Wise Financial Planning
With Reddit, Gamestop, Koss, Citadel, and Robinhood all involved—how do you sort it out? What does it mean for your investing? Bridget...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jan 23, 2021
Market Predictions 2021
Wondering what the stock market is going to do this year? John Scherer CFP(R) and Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA discuss John's...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Dec 6, 2020
Gold and Silver: Is it time to buy?
CPA and CFP(R) Bridget Sullivan Mermel talks with CFP John Scherer about what they tell clients who are interested in buying silver and...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Oct 22, 2020
Stock market and election--does it matter?
How do elections effect the stock market? What should you do with your investments? Certified Financial PlannersTM Bridget Sullivan...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jul 15, 2019
How I Plan for the Stock Market Freakout…I Mean Selloff
I got an email from Nate, a client, linking to a story about the stock market’s climb. “Is it time to sell?” he asked me. “The stock...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jun 28, 2016
2,557 Reasons Why You Should have International Stocks in your Portfolio
Even before Brexit passed, I got questions if it still makes sense to include international stocks in our portfolios. So I asked one...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Jan 2, 2014
Market at All-time High: good time to sell?
USA Today says that stocks are at all-time highs. So is it a good time to sell? Well…probably not. Here’s why. Let’s take a closer look...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Feb 4, 2013
How do Guns Make the Grade in a Portfolio?
Dear Bridget, Recently I’ve read reports that the both the California and Chicago teachers pension funds are either reviewing or...
Bridget Sullivan Mermel CFP(R) CPA
- Aug 4, 2010
Safe Investing
Dear Bridget, In the 70s, when I was in high school, I shared a Pinto with my sister. She bought the gas, I bought the oil. When the...