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I love getting my progress reports each week from Fitbit! Generally showing up each Tuesday morning via email providing me insight from the last seven days of activity. My favorite metrics are my average hours of restful sleep and resting heart rate. There are lots of...
Short-Term Planning
Can short-term planning be as effective as a long term, goal focused plan? I believe so and, in some cases, it may be more beneficial initially then planning for the long run. Financial plans are created to go the distance, often forecasting your probability of...
Tricks or Treats?
Tricks or treats, which do you choose? These themes have many applications in life, business, relationships, and money. Tricks: Failing to have a planLeverageMistaking noise for adviceSeeking complexity when simplicity worksOver/under confidenceThinking it’s...
Apples
Our family has a tradition of going apple picking each October. It is a wonderful time to get outdoors, walk the orchard, and taste all the different varieties. The bushel we quickly fill is more than enough to eat, bake, and share with friends and neighbors. Apples,...
FAFSA
If you have a son or daughter who is a senior in high school, or was at some point, you likely completed the FAFSA form. Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA for short, is now available to complete online. This helps determine various forms of financial...
#100
Really cool feeling to be posting article #100 to our blog today! We launched this medium last March as a way to communicate with our fans and future fans. The premise then and now remains simple, let’s share what it takes to become a successful long-term investor. ...
Who gets what?
Did you know that you can assign recipient/s to most of your bank and investment accounts? This may be accomplished by adding additional titling to the current account. Why would you do that? Often, it’s to ensure the right people, get the right stuff, at the right...
Your Safety Net
Prior to founding my company in 2019, I spent over two decades with a single insurance company. During this time, I sold countless insurance policies. More importantly, I was able to deliver some meaningful checks to a handful of families impacted by a sudden loss. ...
Investors on a bus part 2 of 2
Last week we covered several essential steps in the 100-level course on financial planning and strategy. If you overslept and missed the bus and class, read part one here. Today, we’ll discuss some 200 & 300 level planning strategies that tie things together....
Investors on a bus part 1 of 2
Imagine a big yellow bus arriving in your neighborhood. This bus is not here to take the kiddos to school, nope it’s here to take you and your neighbors to financial planning and strategy class. So, do you get on the bus with your significant other? Do the Joneses...
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