People Are Your Best Investment
Time… The thing everyone wants that none of us are able to produce. Time is possibly the most precious of commodities that we can possess. Time is the great equalizer; it cares not how rich or poor we are nor our social status.
Expressions
Published by Aaron Schaben | @AaronSchaben What have you expressed yourself today, both intentionally and unintentionally? Have you stopped and asked yourself that question lately? If you are truthful with yourself, no one else needs to know.
My Favorite Financial Planning App
Published by Andrew Rogers I had a realization not all that long ago, that in 6 short months (now 3), I would be walking across a stage at graduation and embarking on a new journey. A journey that replaced homework, with potential long nights at the office, replaced studying on a Saturday w …
Diversifying Your Portfolio
Published by Tyler Schlumpf and Ron Carson, There are two main types of risk involved in investing: systematic and unsystematic risk. The first, systematic risk, is the general market risk all investors take when they buy stocks and bonds. Unsystematic risk, however, comes in many different …
Financial Decisions to Make Today to Avoid Regret Tomorrow
Published by Teresa Milner The constant barrage of daily decisions can easily cause fatigue and tire out our brains. This can cause us to suffer from the inability to make good decisions. Whether we realize it or not, we are all a product of our decisions. Financial decisions are made daily …
Creative Destruction!! Are You Ready?
Published by Ron Carson Joseph Schumpeter coined the idea of creative destruction in the 1940s. Despite many examples since then of innovators like Netflix crushing once-untouchable businesses like Blockbuster, much of the financial services industry still lives in denial of the threats we …
Intestate Succession
A sometimes overlooked aspect of Financial Planning is ensuring that a client has the proper beneficiary designations on their accounts so those assets pass to the correct beneficiaries. However, not all asset trusts will dictate how those assets will pass.
Achieving True Wealth
When I think about True Wealth, I picture myself towards the end of my life looking back. I know that I really have reached True Wealth when I can be at peace with my life.
Win the Game of Life (Insurance)
Life insurance is one of the most versatile financial assets available to us. Few solutions carry as many tax advantages, may be used in as wide a variety of situations, and come at such a range of cost. We do not get this variety of applications without a wide array of policy options avail …
12 Grapes for New Year’s Eve
What I will do is turn those wishes into something more; firm decisions to do something. I like to keep my resolutions as actions “to do” instead of “what not to do.” After many years of resolving to stop eating sweets, I have realized cookies will always be my downfall.