Recently there has been a lot of attention placed on the wild financial gains of certain companies and trading platforms. So much hype around what’s being made, who’s taking advantage of who, and stories of turning $20k into $200k in three weeks. Top this off with a...
So, did you see your financial shadow yesterday? Chances are it may be six more weeks of financial worries and stress if you did OR six more weeks of spending and savings with purpose if you didn’t. Consider the following steps based on what you saw: Your financial...
In last week’s post we discussed an example of generating $10k a month in retirement income beginning at age 62 and lasting for 30 years (and more). This may seem like significant monthly income and it is. Retiring (in a metropolitan area or not) requires a fair bit...
Take a look at your 12/31 investment statements. Specifically, review the dividends credited to your accounts on your statement. They are not insignificant if your portfolio is constructed of many different companies. Dividends from the equities you own are...
This is Buzz Lightyear’s famous quote as he soars across the room cheered on by his fellow friends/toys. It also describes how I view our firm as we continue to attract clients beyond Northern Virginia. While working on the business, we discovered that over 30...
Each January, our firm distributes a shareholder letter to our clients which reiterates our guiding principles and covers important planning themes. We view clients as shareholders in our practice, ongoing communication is critical in our partnership together as this...
As the year comes to a close, we naturally begin to consider a New Year’s resolution. Often this may be a personal fitness or financial goal, it may also be a positive change to improve your wellbeing. This is all done with good intentions, though often by late...
Imagine updating your financial plan in January, April, or December of 2020. How might the plan outputs at various dates have impacted your behavior and financial choices? What other life decisions may positively influence your approach to planning? January 2020: ...
What’s the purpose of diversification with regards to your investments? Why not just own companies you know well or stick with your employer’s stock? What other diversification strategies should be considered when creating a financial plan? It’s important to...
A financial plan is never perfect or fully complete, it evolves over time as you do. This may not be as intuitive as it first sounds. If a plan is not perfect, why spend the time and energy in creating one in the first place? Does it really make a difference if you...
I just completed reading Fortune’s Children, the fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II. This is the life story of the Vanderbilt family and its founder, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Commodore as he was called, had a passion to amass the largest...
Sin limites means limitless in English. It’s also the name of a nonprofit organization that has been created to enrich the lives of the Guatemalan people. What we take for granted every day in our country, even during a pandemic, is often a struggle for those...