How to Know if Your Financial Advisor is a Real Investment Expert
By: Jack Waymire
What does it mean if your current advisor is not a real investment expert? It means your advisor mislead you. What should you do the next...
Professional Athletes are Victims of Sudden Wealth
By: Jack Waymire
20 year-old athletes have a unique set of physical skills that set them apart from everyone else. If they put in the work, they will...
Top 5 Reasons People Are Scared of Financial Planning
By: Betsy Vallone
With the scary Halloween holiday fast approaching, and black cats, scarecrows, and jack-o-lanterns scattered about most of the front lawns in our neighborhoods, it’s easy to be reminded of what an...
How a Business Valuation Will Help Sell a Business
By: Joseph Maas
Most business owners overestimate the value of their business because they use the rule of thumb, or guesswork, but this is not how the market...
Automated Investment Tools – Are They Landing in Your Back Yard?
By: James Cornehlsen
Automated investment tools, or Robo-advisors as they are commonly known, are not aliens or robots landing in your back yard. You can’t even have a...
A Financial Plan Can Reduce Your Worrying
The events that recently unfolded over in Greece is what inspired this month’s article. Often, the financial media sensationalizes stories that really have little to...
6 Ways a Financial Advisor Can Help You
By: Dan Crimmins
Many may view the role of a financial advisor as one who has unique insights into the market to give their clients an advantage. However,...
Diminished Capacity and the Fiduciary Standard
By: Jeffrey C. Lewis
Sometimes inaction is the right action (the fiduciary standard) when faced with an elderly prospect that presents signs of diminished capacity. A few weeks ago,...
How to Choose Your Financial Advisor
By: Thomas McFarland
Choosing a financial advisor is a big decision. In the beginning, having more questions than answers may actually help guide your search. For example, is...
Financial Literacy is Saying, “What Would Mom Do?” Before Every Purchase
By: Brian Kuhn
Financial literacy is important. Despite the nationwide push by companies, websites, the federal governments and the school systems the statistics show that not only are...