by Julia Chung | Apr 27, 2020 | Cash Flow, COVID-19, Financial Planners, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
Personal Finance Has it only been a month since our last update? It feels like several decades have passed. The sheer volume of information we’ve received and amount of change that has occurred since the beginning of March 2020 has easily outstripped what we would...
by Sandi Martin | Jul 30, 2019 | Accountability, Financial Planners, Personal Financial Planning
(This article is reposted with the permission of the author. It was originally published here Boomer & Echo.) I doubt very much you’re asking your financial advisor enough questions, and are worse off because of it. I think I’ve got a handle on why – let me see if...
by Julia Chung | Feb 25, 2019 | Fee Only Financial Planning, Financial Planners
Happy Lunar New Year! If you’re a regular reader, you already know that some of the team got together at the end of January to retreat and discuss what we did in 2018 and what we’re hoping to do in 2019. Our annual executive retreat, facilitated by the fabulous...
by Spring Plans | Nov 26, 2018 | Fee Only Financial Planning, Financial Planners, Personal Financial Planning
Given the sheer number of articles, 10 point lists, podcasts, and even books out there on the subject, it’s time to face the truth: choosing a financial advisor is hard. We are asked all kinds of questions in many different ways that all boil down to the same...
by Julia Chung | Feb 26, 2018 | Financial Planners, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
In December and January, we talked quite a bit about the perils of uncertainty and how to deal with them. Then – BAM – the February market came and showed us just what uncertainty looks like. So basically, our publishing schedule is a month or two ahead¹....
by Sandi Martin | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog, Fee Only Financial Planning, Financial Planners, Personal Finance
The point of this post: It makes sense to hire a professional for an essential job you can’t make time to do yourself. Do you take your car to a mechanic? You’re smart. Presumably you can read. Why are you paying someone else to do work that you could...
