Even in children’s comic books, bad news sells. That’s what I thought when Maureen and I were watching Spiderman on Broadway recently. For those unfamiliar with the story of Spiderman, a quick recap. When Peter Parker is accidentally bitten by a genetically engineered spider, Peter ends up having the characteristics of a spider – in that [...]
About Dan Crimmins
Dan Crimmins, co-founder of Crimmins Wealth Management, is a financial coach and financial planner. Have a financial question? ASK DAN
Science fiction no more – 3-D Printing
While I do not have a science background, I’ve always had an interest in the incredible advances that the medical field has been able to achieve through the years. One of the most incredible advances potentially coming down the road deals with 3-D printing technology. Now, when I first heard the term 3-D printing, I [...]
Investors and the Marshmallow Test
Many of us have heard of the marshmallow test given to small children to determine their patience and the overall impact that patience would have on their lives. How does that relate to us as investors? Quite a bit – it turns out. The marshmallow test, as it was later referred, was conducted by a [...]
Financial Planning Lessons Learned in My Youth: The Candy Man
I started delivering newspapers as a paperboy for the ‘Long Island Press’ when I was about 10 years old as discussed in the last post. I generally collected about 10 cents per home as a tip. The newspaper route, as well as other small jobs such as setting up for the local bingo for $2 [...]
Golfing and Investing: Risk trade offs
The key to successful investing and golfing is to determine when risk is necessary to accomplish your goals and when it is not. As I watch the phenomenal professional golfers tend to their craft this week at the Masters, I thought of the similarities that risk has in both pursuits. Watching the different styles of [...]
How many brand names does P&G have?
How could understanding the incredible amount of strong brands owned by one of the largest companies help us be better investors? I thought of that last Sunday morning as I was doing my traditional Sunday morning routine of looking over the Sunday Bergen Record. One of the best conveniences is having the local Bergen County newspaper delivered to [...]
Language Barrier – Soon to be – What Language Barrier?
My weakest subject in school was always Spanish. Having gone to Chaminade High School on Long Island, I was required to take 4 years of the subject during that time. I dreaded it all four years. I can still feel the pain and being called on to read out loud in class and then totally butchering [...]
Entrepreneurs of the World
Our daughter Kathryn has decided to become an entrepreneur. She’s going to work for a start-up company in Boston. She had been working as a consultant for Deloitte Consulting for the past two years, but has decided to go into the world of entrepreneurship. She joins people all over the world who are not waiting for the [...]
Crisis Du Jour – What to do about Cyprus?
If you have been watching or reading the news lately, you have heard about the small country of Cyprus and its debt problems. Before last week, most of us couldn’t have picked out the Mediterranean island on a global map. However, it seems that the media can not help but turn all daily news into [...]
Career Guidance for Children and Grandchildren – Programming
This post will help you when children ask – What should I do for a career? The world has been radically altered by computers, and we have seen nothing yet in the continuing transformation of society from computing power. However, the education system has been slow to modify their teaching ways, so even if they do not [...]
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About Dan & Maureen
Dan and Maureen founded Crimmins Wealth Management, a fee-only independent financial advisory firm, to work with individuals and their families to help clarify and plan for their futures by helping them relate money to their lives.
