by Julia Chung | Jul 22, 2019 | Cash Flow, Investing, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance
We love, love, love summer. It might seem odd, given that our name is “Spring,” but there is a method to the madness. See, we love summer so much that we spend a lot of time planning for it, to get it right and to maximize our enjoyment. It is the same approach we...
by Sandi Martin | May 23, 2019 | Design Thinking, Investing, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
“How should I think about investing?” is a question I wish a lot more people would ask. Why? Because there is so much more to investing – investing well – than what you should put in your portfolio and who you should get to manage it for you. Oh great, I...
by Julia Chung | Jan 22, 2018 | Accountability, Big Picture, Investing, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
Oh, January. The calendar New Year starts smack-dab in the middle of winter, and as much as we try to gear up and get excited about this first month, there’s something so exhausting about January. It’s cold. The bills from the holidays are rolling in. We had holidays...
by Sandi Martin | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Investing, Management Expense Ratio, Personal Finance
The point: Yes, your own bad investing behaviour costs you, but your advisor’s bad investing behaviour has the potential to cost you a lot more. First off: I’m not a portfolio manager or an investment advisor (or adviser, for what it’s worth). I was...
by Sandi Martin | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Investing, Personal Finance, Retirement Planning
I was recently part of a presentation for financial advisors, put on by someone whose work I respect (and who I imagine probably would not have said this if he had had more time to think about it). Just before the end, this came out of his mouth: Words I just heard!...
by Sandi Martin | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Investing, Personal Finance
I’ve been sitting on this post for a few weeks now, worrying that it’s too long, and the point I’m trying to make is going to be lost in all the words, so I’ll make it really simple for those of you who won’t get through 2000+ words: the...
