Bessette Financial

05/19/2026

Just like planting a tree provides shade and steadily grows into a valuable asset, cash value life insurance offers similar benefits. It protects your family, supports tax efficiency*, and helps build your wealth - all while allowing you the freedom to pursue your financial goals without limitations.

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05/02/2026

Some fun history on how the Cape's Marconi station played a part in communicating with the Titanic and signaled for help:

A passenger liner making its way from Southampton, England toward New York has run into some trouble in the North Atlantic. It’s late at night, the details are fuzzy. They’ve hit something, an iceb…

04/27/2026

While 401(k) plans are good at helping people save money for retirement, they don’t help people spend it. Enter annuities.

As more retirement plans offer annuities, savers are weighing the pros and cons of these sometimes-complex investments.

04/26/2026

Somewhere along the way, adulthood convinced us that saying hello is uncomfortable. In reality, it might be the boldest move you can make.

Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped introducing ourselves to people we don't know. The simplest move in the world might also be the most powerful.

04/25/2026

Before you retire, understand what defines a good retirement income for you and where that money will come from.

Here’s a look at average retirement incomes and how much people spend during their golden years.

04/24/2026

This one lies not across the ocean but across the United States.

Cape Cod is filled with interesting stories and legends throughout its history. There are places named for long gone citizens, and towns named for far away places. It is common knowledge that most …

04/21/2026

Over the 20-year period ending in 2025, the stocks of large and mid-sized U.S. companies — represented by the Russell 1000 Index — produced an impressive average annual return of 10.94%. By contrast, the stocks of similar-sized companies in foreign countries returned just 6.22%.

Although U.S. stocks have provided a higher return over the past 20 years, foreign stocks outperformed in seven of those years, including 2025.

04/20/2026

These professionally managed, versatile investment vehicles can provide diversified exposure across a variety of different assets.

These funds are suitable for retirement investors prioritizing capital preservation and current income.

04/16/2026

Here are some of the most common misperceptions about what you need to be financially comfortable in your later years.

Here are some of the most common misperceptions about what you need to be financially comfortable in your later years.

04/15/2026

Earlier this week, Beth Hammack, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, said that estimates by her bank show inflation will likely rise even higher this month. “Inflation has been running above our target for more than five years now,” she added in an interview, voicing a common concern among many policymakers, and a further increase would mean it is “moving in the wrong direction.”

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Federal Reserve policymakers willing to consider an interest rate hike this year rose between the January and March meetings, as higher gas prices stemming from the Iran war threatened to worsen inflation in the coming months. Minutes of the Fed’s March 17-18 meet...