Author: Jarrett B. Topel

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New Year’s Financial Resolutions

As we close out 2019 and get ready for a fresh start in 2020, it is time, once again, to...

Active Indexing

Historically, there have been two separate and distinct strategies investors have used when investing in the stock market.  One is...

Market-Quake Preparedness

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, someone is predicting the next major downturn for the stock market. And you...

Beneficiary Bungle

Designating beneficiaries for your retirement accounts and life insurance policies is one of the most critical decisions you can make...

Charitable Giving Basics

We have been getting more and more questions regarding charitable giving strategies reently, so I thought it might be helpful...

Five Most Common Investing Mistakes

As part of the financial industry for the past twenty-plus years I have seen a lot of things.  Drawing on...

The Three Little Pigs

Humans are not rational, particularly when it comes to investing.  Knowing that, is there a way to make this fact...

Jarrett’s Summer Reading List

Summer is almost here, which means it's time to put away the kid’s school bags, and start packing for our...
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7 Things Your Advisor Should Review Annually

For a consumer, the sheer number of titles currently in use by those of us in the financial services industry,...
  1. Episode 111: Be Tax Smart, Not Tax Scared 00:10:09
  2. Episode 110: FOMO and Investing
  3. Episode 109: The Market Crash Is Coming - Someday
  4. Episode 108: Money Can't Buy You Happiness
  5. Episode 107: The Myth of the Stock-Picker’s Market