Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance, and Bully Market, by Jamie Fiore Higgins, are two wonderful books! In fact, they are so good they made me violate my no blog in December rule. Normally, that’s a little Christmas present I give myself. I enjoy writing, but coming up with new content each month can be stressful. …
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December 22nd, 2024
Hillbilly Bully Market
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November 28th, 2024
What can the election teach us about investing?
There is a motto among investors that shareholders “vote with their feet.” Remember when we buy stock, we own a piece of a company. That means we can vote on things like electing a board of directors. Most of today’s investors don’t care about voting on corporate stuff. We just want to buy a stock…
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October 31st, 2024
A Little Reminder
Sometimes life provides little examples of the importance of financial planning. For me, the entire month of October was one of those financial planning reminders. Have you ever experienced an entire month that just sucked? Unfortunately, it can happen more often than we like to admit. Let me tell you a little story. On September…
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September 30th, 2024
Your Money Your Vote
CNBC is my preferred news source, especially with it being an election year. I loathe politics, but I have to pay attention to it as a financial planner. I’m not really a fan of Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, but I would love to interview both candidates and open their eyes. CNBC’s political coverage called…
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July 31st, 2024
Inherited IRAs
I have been getting more questions on Inherited IRAs recently. Inherited IRAs are a sad subject because death is involved. It’s not easy to solve the inherited IRA dilemma while your friend is grieving, but it is a very important service. While everyone appreciates an inheritance, managing that money is the last thing on your…
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June 24th, 2024
Financial Planning Without Money
Can you take financial planning steps without money? “I need money to plan with before meeting with you,” is the most popular rejection I hear when I talk to people about financial planning. Granted, I am biased because I believe everyone can benefit from some financial planning, but I think that is a lame excuse….
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April 29th, 2024
How Sports Betting Works
In the last blog post, we discussed the differences between sports betting and investing. I hope it helped ease your concerns on both topics. Of course, as when you try to invest on your own, it’s important that we learn some basics on sports betting. I won’t even use someone’s Netflix password because it feels…
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November 29th, 2023
What is the maximum contribution?
Are you making the maximum contribution to your retirement plan? More often than not, when I talk to prospective clients, the resistance people give me sounds something like this. “Jonathan, I already make the maximum contribution to my retirement plan at work, so there’s nothing else I can do.” Normally, I accept the subtle rejection…