Author: Nathan Gilbert

As the year turns over to 2017, it seems that the “internet” is happy to be saying goodbye to 2016. I am not completely sure the exact reason or reasons why, but the popular sentiment seems to be that 2016 was a “bad year.” I am certain many good things happened to many people, but […]

Every year, after Santa delivers presents to the good little boys and girls around the world, he swings by Wall Street and gives one last gift to investors.  Typically, the stock market strongly rallies between December 25th and January 1st every year. PNC Financial Services’ chief investment

No, I am not advocating behavior that is the opposite of the spirit of the season. But, I am suggesting that you think of yourself first when it comes to planning for your retirement. As a parent of three children, the urge to do whatever I can for their future is very powerful. However, attempting […]

Shopping season is here—unless you are one of those super organized people who shop all year for Christmas and store up gifts in your hall closet, most of us spend December running around, looking for that special gift for those on our list, and hopefully finding a good deal as well.  With the retailers tossing

I am a saver at heart and like to have all my buckets “funded”; I make a special effort throughout the year to slowly build up my gift account.  I have a separate bank account that I transfer money into every week, albeit, just a microscopic amount based on the amount of money I typically […]

For me, this past week filled with all sorts of major shock.  I don’t think I have to explain the shocking election of reality TV star turned president.  But we were shocked to watch the stock market fall 5% in overnight trading, only to rally during the day following the election…and it went up the […]

Hello everyone, this is Cindy Legg and I am excited to be part of Meridian Financial Partners! I look forward to sharing some thoughts with all of you for Meridian’s blog this week. Have you ever planned a large party or better yet, your own wedding?  If you have, you probably started looking through hundreds or

We live in a very large neighborhood that is packed with kids. So, as you can imagine, Halloween is a very big deal. We were warned in advance to stock up on way more candy than we thought we would need, because we would almost certainly run out. I did actually overestimate on this front, […]

This past week, the fact that I pay in advance for the kids to be able to order lunch at school was discussed in our car one morning.  Ben, my youngest son, said “You pay for those lunches?  I thought they were free.”  To which my sassy ten year old daughter replied, “Seriously?  Nobody gives […]