If you want to understand a person’s behavior, look no further than at what they are incentivized to do. In fact, this is perhaps the only way to understand how, over the course of the last 5+ years, more than 5,300 Wells Fargo employees managed to open over 2 million unauthorized accounts
Kids are like sponges. They’re ready to soak up whatever we’re willing to teach. Now is the time to be teaching our children about money.
Excess money mixed with lack of money maturity can ruin lives. At its extreme, money can be the difference between life and death.
“I can’t afford to pay for one.”
“My net worth isn’t high enough.”
“I don’t have any extra money to save.”
“I’ll do it next year.”
What if failures improved your chance of success? Everybody makes mistakes – this much is true. But are you failing forward after your mistakes? There’s a great book by John Maxwell called Failing Forward. Maxwell…
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Ted the advisor is a great guy. He is passionate about taking care of his clients. The only thing he is more passionate about is taking care of his family. Like most advisors, he works…
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Normally, companies reward ambitious and productive employees. After all, these employees make their employers lots of money. In this case, though, it’s the reverse. Many “on the ball” retirement plan savers are being penalized by…
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Chances are you’ve heard of Target Date Retirement Funds (TDRF) by now – they have blown up in popularity and size over the last several years. According to Morningstar research, TDRF funds: Have more than…
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You see the signs all over the place… “We Accept 401k Rollovers”. Apparently people are taking banks and other financial institutions up on the offer to roll over their 401k into an IRA, otherwise they…
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Many people in financial services are not looking out for your best interests. I wanted to share a real story from a client we work with to help show you what’s happening. This type of…
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This is a guest post from Michael S. Potapov, CFA. Michael has worked at E.S. Barr & Company since May 2006 and is responsible for researching individual holdings as well as assisting in portfolio management….
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