Tackling debt before and during retirement

When anticipating retirement, advanced planning is the common thread that binds your financial future together. Therefore, managing debt during retirement is easier when you have a plan. Approximately 10 years before retirement, reassess your financial position and create a feasible plan to pay down consumer debt -- that includes credit cards, student loans and car loans.[...] Continue reading

Best money lessons learned at a young age  

With back-to-school season in mind, we polled our advisors to find out what money lessons they learned early on that stuck with them throughout their life. Below, five of our team members reminisce on what “lessons” started them on their path to financial success. Michael Blehar, managing director, financial consultant I was a little kid in the mid 60’s/70’s and[...] Continue reading

Best money lessons learned at a young age

With back-to-school season in mind, we polled our advisors to find out what money lessons they learned early on that stuck with them throughout their life. Below, five of our team members reminisce on what “lessons” started them on their path to financial success. Michael Blehar, managing director, financial consultant I was a little kid in the mid 60’s/70’s[...] Continue reading

Charlie’s month-end reading list

Here are some of the latest topics of interest at Fort Pitt Capital: The first piece, “Turkey’s Crisis exposes the Perils of Strongman Rule” in The New York Times, discusses why an inflationary crisis is especially dangerous in a populist regime run by a “strongman”. According to a 2008 study, when a country’s legal system erodes, inflation tends to[...] Continue reading

Charlie’s month-end reading list

The first piece, “Turkey’s Crisis exposes the Perils of Strongman Rule” in The New York Times, discusses why an inflationary crisis is especially dangerous in a populist regime run by a “strongman”. According to a 2008 study, when a country’s legal system erodes, inflation tends to surge. The next article, “Robot Powered by Raspberry Pi Finds Waldo in 4.5[...] Continue reading