Planning is a Process - You Need to Know how to Adjust Your Heading

Planning is a Process - You Need to Know how to Adjust Your Heading

As the New Year turns I would encourage anybody who doesn’t have one, to go get a financial plan put together. But remember, just having one will not solve everything immediately a...

Thoughts on Time

Thoughts on Time

Thoughts on Time: Time and again, couples, when they set an appointment for an initial visit will say things like “We’ve been planning on coming to see you for years”, to which I a...

Thoughts on Bonds

Thoughts on Bonds

Thoughts on Bonds Bonds are a crazy animal. With interest rates trending down bond funds look fantastic, yielding much higher returns than you would normally expect. But the only r...

Thoughts on Collaboration and Accountability

Thoughts on Collaboration and Accountability

Thoughts on Collaboration and Accountability Accountability is a powerful driver of success that most of us want to avoid like the plague. Just like planning it’s not very fun and ...

Thoughts on Things Financial

Thoughts on Things Financial

Avoid this Investing Pitfall There are often times when we’re too smart for our own good. Our success and genius in our work lives provides a false sense of competency in the realm...

Our Client Process

Our Client Process

Our client process is designed to guide you successfully thru your financial goals. It starts with the creation of your initial personal financial statement, cash flow, and financi...

Why We Don’t Save and How to Overcome Short Term Bias – Video

Why We Don’t Save and How to Overcome Short Term Bias – Video

Try Not to Say This if You Want to Enjoy Financial Success – Video

Try Not to Say This if You Want to Enjoy Financial Success – Video

The Most Frustrating Financial Product – Life Insurance – Video

The Most Frustrating Financial Product – Life Insurance – Video

Good Tax Habits Lead That Lead to Better Financial Health – Video

Good Tax Habits Lead That Lead to Better Financial Health – Video

Our Investment Process

Our Investment Process

Schulz Wealth uses Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) as the basis for all of our portfolio decisions. We strive to identify dimensions of equity returns like momentum, value, and small...

Step 1 to a Great Investment Portfolio: Ditch the Salesperson

Step 1 to a Great Investment Portfolio: Ditch the Salesperson

Most people trust their financial advisor. Problem is, most advisors should not be trusted. I know that’s a strong statement, but after spending over twenty years in this industry,...

Nothing in Life is a Straight Line

Nothing in Life is a Straight Line

My sophomore year at The University of Texas, I had a marketing class in the UTC, an annex to the business school, tucked right next to the Perry Castaneda Library, known on campus...

Do you know where you are allocating your 401(k) dollars?

Do you know where you are allocating your 401(k) dollars?

There are often many important questions around how to invest money in your 401(k). For most of us, what we are able to accumulate in our 401(k) during our working lives is going t...

Freedom and Financial Independence

Freedom and Financial Independence

I was reminded recently how different we are, as Americans, compared to the rest of the World as it relates to financial independence. First off, a wide majority of humans still li...

Bucket #3: Retirement Planning

Bucket #3: Retirement Planning

Bucket number 3 is money for retirement. This is a bucket we all hope to get started on as soon as possible. Getting started with bucket number 3 at an earlier age allows us to inv...

Bucket #2: Strategic Planning

Bucket #2: Strategic Planning

Bucket number two is used for intermediate term goals. Intermediate term goals are different and unique, depending on your specific needs. Younger professionals my have an intermed...

Bucket #1: Savings

Bucket #1: Savings

Money we have in bucket number one is for rather near term financial goals. Because of the short horizon to these goals, they should be invested in a safe manner. An example for sh...

A Rough Week in the Stock Market

A Rough Week in the Stock Market

It’s 3 o’clock in the morning and I’m worried. Last week, the markets were down hard, with the S&P 500 going from positive double digit territory at the end of the quarter to d...

Your Money From a Different Perspective

Your Money From a Different Perspective

This is the first article in a multi part series centered around a different (and hopefully easier) way to think about your financial goals from an overview perspective. When think...

Start Investing Today- Your Future Self Will Thank You

Start Investing Today- Your Future Self Will Thank You

How much money do we need to have to begin investing? The truth to this question is a lot less than we think. Many people I have talked to believe that they need to have thousands ...

The Free Lunch Theory As It Relates To Annuities

The Free Lunch Theory As It Relates To Annuities

The TINSTAAFL theory is an informal favorite rule among many economists and financial planners like me. TINSTAAFL stands for “There is no such thing as a free lunch”, and means the...

401(k): Financial Planning is the Answer

401(k): Financial Planning is the Answer

From time to time, I find myself roaming the country, assisting a corporate client in their desire to assess and improve the retirement readiness of their workforce. Normally, pers...

Stay Invested, My Friends

Stay Invested, My Friends

Great post by Austin Smith! Disciplined strategy investing over the long term, rather than trying to time the market fluctuations is a proven strategy for long term portfolio succe...