Author: Gavin L. DiStasi

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The Day is Finally Upon Us

Nearly three years after the merger between TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab was first announced, the time has finally come...

Gavin’s Summer Reading List (2023)

As we enter a summer once again, I find myself looking forward to a much needed vacation, not least because...

Tax-Loss Harvesting

Over the past eighteen months, as the equity markets have experienced downside pressure, which had become all too rare in...

Strategies for Riding out Volatile Markets

After a nearly 12 year bull market, 2022 was the first truly down year we have seen in the stock...

As we close out yet another year, and reflect on the rollercoaster ride that has been 2022, we are filled...

Update on the TD Ameritrade/Charles Schwab Merger

Since it was announced back in November 2019, the merger between TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab has been moving steadily...

Why We Do This

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it”. –...

Spend the Money

There’s a mindset shift taking place within some corners of the financial planning and advice world, by a small but...

Do Nothing

Sometime around 2001, a few years before Jarrett and I decided to start our own firm and were both working...
  1. Episode 114: Why People Avoid Financial Planning 7:02
  2. Episode 113: Trump Accounts 8:54
  3. Episode 112: The Emotional Transition Into Retirement 00:08:48
  4. Episode 111: Be Tax Smart, Not Tax Scared 00:10:09
  5. Episode 110: FOMO and Investing