Rob Wilson

With unemployment at historic lows, and the stock market at all-time highs consumers are understandably in good cheer and ready to go out and spend some major bucks this holiday season. But for you, the thrill of the deal can quickly turn in to despair over the debt if you go overboard with your holiday […]

With the unemployment rate at a 50-year low of 3.5% many Americans are happily back in the workforce. Yet, even when the economy and the markets seem to be doing well it’s still extremely important to ensure that you have multiple streams of income. THE JOB MARKET SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL RIGHT NOW SO WHY IS […]

BACKGROUND: The unemployment rate for all Americans is near historic lows at 3.7% and the unemployment rate for African-Americans is currently at 5.5%, the lowest level ever recorded in our country’s history. With so many people working, the advantage should be with the worker in the current job market. Yet, wages are up only 3% in the […]

The weather is warm and wedding season is in full swing with more than 2.2 million couples expected to tie the knot (either for the first time or for the nth time) this year. But if history is any indication, we know that 40-50% of those marriages will end in divorce or separation and financial issues […]

As graduation season comes to a close many Americans, both students and parents alike, are now faced with the reality of huge student loan bills that will be arriving in the mail shortly. Robert Smith’s recent announcement that he intends to pay off the student loans of the entire Morehouse class of 2019 was a […]

April is Financial Literacy month and Rob Wilson, financial adviser, wants everyone to learn to “secure the bag.” Willson urges listeners to “get serious about” their money. What he doesn’t want you to do is, “wake up one day” and realize you “don’t have enough money to retire.” One way to avoid that is to actively […]

With unemployment at historic lows, rising wages and consumer confidence have hit an 18-year-high. Consumers are understandably in good cheer and ready to go out and spend this holiday season. But for you, the thrill of the deal can quickly turn in to despair over the debt if you go overboard with your holiday gift […]

While the President likes to tout the strength of the stock market, which, by the way, started long before he took office, the fact remains that most Americans aren’t benefitting from the stock market boom. In fact, only 54% of American adults have investments in stocks, either directly or through a company sponsored retirement plan. […]

Segment Q&A: Lessons (Hopefully) Learned 10 Years after the Financial Crisis Background: September 15th, 2018 marked the 10 year anniversary of the bankruptcy of storied Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers which set off the chain of events that we’ve come to refer to as the Financial Crisis. While the economy at large has mostly recovered, […]

People have been buzzing since news broke that Aretha Franklin left her $80 million estate without a will. Financial expert, Rob Wilson says she’s not the only one, Prince, James Brown, Tupac, and Martin Luther King, didn’t leave wills either. Financial expert Rob Wilson says the main reasons people don’t leave a will is “procrastination” […]

People all over the country are struggling with a serious dilemma: They’re trying to get out from underneath a mountain of consumer debt, which just hit a total of $13 Trillion in the US at the end of 2017. Simultaneously, they’re woefully behind in planning for retirement as nearly half of Americans have less than […]

    Last week, after a lengthy regulatory battle including a 6-week trial, a federal judge approved the mammoth $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner, a deal that will likely have significant impact on the media industry. But, is the mega merger a good thing or a bad thing for consumers? WHY DID […]