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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...

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

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...

You Want Financial Independence? Here's the First Step...

You Want Financial Independence? Here's the First Step...

Only a very small percentage of Americans will ever experience financial independence. Why? Because just being successful in our professional careers is not enough. We have to know...

Calling It: The Exciting Day When Financial Independence Just Happens.

Calling It: The Exciting Day When Financial Independence Just Happens.

“I think we’re going to be able to call it.”, Austin says as we review our client’s financial plan and assets on the big screen in my office. We’ve been running and re-running the ...

A Life Lived

A Life Lived

You have never heard of any of my heroes, so naming them by name is unimportant. Besides, my heroes are not interested in publicity. My heroes lead quiet lives, in attractive, invi...

How your money can work for your future - Be an Amy, not an Adam!

How your money can work for your future - Be an Amy, not an Adam!

When should you start saving for your retirement? The most accurate answer is yesterday. Time is by far the most important factor on saving for your future. Starting early, combine...

Point the Ship in the Right Direction

Point the Ship in the Right Direction

During the Haiti crisis in the mid-90’s, I was a young sailor on watch. It was a calm, quiet, typical Caribbean sunny day and we were just off the coast of Hispaniola in the Windwa...

20 Moves: Investing in a Complex Market

20 Moves: Investing in a Complex Market

Today’s post was inspired by the excellent book: Team of Teams, by Gen. McChrystal Modern destroyers use gas turbine engines for propulsion and electrical power. As a young junior ...

Making Your List, Checking it Twice - Holiday Budgeting Tips

Making Your List, Checking it Twice - Holiday Budgeting Tips

Without a plan it’s easy for things to get out of hand over the holidays. Here are some simple steps you can take to make sure all of your gifts get handled reasonably and efficien...

Could a Roth IRA become your safety net?

Could a Roth IRA become your safety net?

Created by Congress twenty years ago, the Roth IRA is starting to show up in seasoned retirement plans in a big way. I remember when the Roth IRA first came out, I thought of it as...

Do You Need Long Term Care and Life Insurance in Retirement?

Do You Need Long Term Care and Life Insurance in Retirement?

As we get older and enter retirement, some decisions need to be made regarding insurance coverage. We know from our own experiences with elderly parents – and from what we read – t...

Maximizing the Benefits of Health Savings Accounts

Maximizing the Benefits of Health Savings Accounts

At this point, just about everyone seems to be enrolled in a high deductible Health Savings Account (HSA) compatible health plan. The escalating costs of healthcare are astounding....

Saturday Morning Silliness: Financial Advice via your Radio

Saturday Morning Silliness: Financial Advice via your Radio

From time to time, clients ask me to comment on what they hear from financial advisors on the radio. The first thing I try to explain is these are paid advertisements. Local adviso...

Align Spending with Values

Align Spending with Values

I have the opportunity to review client spending patterns regularly, and it’s one of the most important exercises in our client process. Very few of us voluntarily want to discuss ...

Making Good Housing Choices

Making Good Housing Choices

For many of us, our house represents a significant portion of our net worth and mortgage payments dominate our monthly cash flow obligations. Therefore, the way we purchase and fin...

Protecting your Downside in an Up-Market

Protecting your Downside in an Up-Market

Wow, the market is pretty hot right now with valuations at all time highs. Data suggests small investors are jumping in with both feet. A recent WSJ article quoted Martin Small, he...

Automatic Saving May Be Better Than Intentional Budgeting

Automatic Saving May Be Better Than Intentional Budgeting

We’ve had some great budgeting discussions with some our clients recently. If you work with us, you know we regularly update cash flow statements. Knowing your “burn rate”, as we l...

A Simple Estate Plan Review is Worthwhile

A Simple Estate Plan Review is Worthwhile

We tend to believe once our estate documents are signed, we can lock them away only to be seen again when we are gone from this world. The sense of peace in knowing our wishes have...

The More We Make, the Tougher It Becomes to Retire

The More We Make, the Tougher It Becomes to Retire

In this final quarter of the year, I had the opportunity to run retirement plans on quite a few 401(k) plan participants. Whenever possible, I enjoy sitting one-on-one with employe...