When I got into the business 24 years ago the rate on the 10 year treasury was around 6.6%. Today we just hit 3% so how will that affect your bonds? Other topics include:

• What is preventing rates from rapidly rising?
• Passive investing issues – could indexing be creating a bubble in certain stocks?
• Taxpayers will owe more in 2019 due to under withholding – California and Oregon are you withholding enough taxes?
• How does the increasing trillion dollar deficit factor into future prospects?
• Long term care insurance planning
• Life insurance policies with long term care and sleazy insurance agents

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 on Tuesday's and Wednesday's from 6:00-7:00 a.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Last Friday we heard that GDP grew at 4.1%, the best reading in 4 years. The only way we can keep the new tax cuts is to have continued GDP growth that covers the costs of Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs so congress could act again. Today I dig into GDP numbers that beat expectations. Other topics include:

• Why do we continue to hear about a slowdown by 2020?
• Is the party over for cryptocurrency?
• How to choose a pension option
• Retirement planning mistakes and bad retirement rules of thumb

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 on Tuesday's and Wednesday's from 6:00-7:00 a.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.