Guy Conger
Guy Conger is the founder and President of Alamo Financial Group through Money Concepts a full service financial planning firm.
He holds the RIA, CFE and RTRP designations, the Series 7,22 and 66 licenses for securities and the Group 1 license for insurance. This allows Guy to work with his clients on either a commission or fee basis.
He is a 20 year veteran of the financial services sector with management positions in consumer finance, deficiency collections and limited partnerships.
He writes a financial Blog for Seeking Alpha, two Blogs for Money Magazine of Canada and a monthly Newsletter.
He has been recognized as a Five Star Professional by Texas Monthly, a Two Million Dollar Producer by United Investors Life and as a speaker on financial topics by AARP.
He founded Alamo Financial Group in order to bring financial professionals together to better serve clients. He strongly believes that ‘without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed’ – Proverbs 15:22
Market Volatility Is Nothing New
By: Guy Conger
I’m tasked with writing financial articles for many internet sites and even a few publications. I find this responsibility very taxing. Not because I find...
Some Words of Wisdom to Investors
By: Guy Conger
Dear Fellow Investor, the events of the last couple of weeks gave me the idea of providing a counterpoint to all the Chicken Little comments...
Interest Rates Rise as Fed Decides
By: Guy Conger
After waiting seemingly forever, the Fed finally raised short-term interest rates last week by 25 basis points, or a quarter of a percentage point. This...
Our Global Economy is Essentially a “House of Cards”
By: Guy Conger
For years now we have seen much published conjecture regarding the Fed and when it will raise rates. There are certain economic factors the Fed...
Interest Rates are what Interest Investors
By: Guy Conger
From the moment the Fed began their Quantitative Easing policy till today investors have asked me the same question. “When are interest rates going to...
Guy’s Market Commentary – November 2014
By: Guy Conger
Stocks made sharp gains for the second week in a row as the S&P 500 stock market index made record highs, gaining more than 10%...
The Financial Advisor Acronym Alphabet
By: Guy Conger
With the growth of the financial advisor profession there has been a corresponding growth of financial designations. A common example of the type of designations...
Making an IRA Part of Your Estate Plan
By: Guy Conger
I’m a big proponent of making IRA’s part of your estate plan. They have many attributes a person can utilize when planning for the inevitable....
The Markets Mid-Year Review
By: Guy Conger
Let’s start with this past week – Markets climbed higher this past week as investors were buoyed by better than expected employment figures. Stocks were...
Pensions, an Endangered Species
By: Guy Conger
Politicians lie. A statement we all learn to be true before we reach voting age. Yet most Americans still believe politicians when they promise us...