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Mutual Funds vs. Exchange Traded Funds

The open-end mutual fund first debuted in the United States in 1924, with the introduction of the Massachusetts Investors Trust. ...

Why We Do This

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

How to Plan for a Thirty-Year Trip

It’s quite amazing, and a little bit sad, how most people will spend more time planning their two-week summer vacation...

Spend the Money

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

Jarrett’s Summer Reading List

As hard as it is to believe, summer is almost here.  As such, before you head out on your wonderful...

Do Nothing

Sometime around 2001, a few years before Jarrett and I decided to start our own firm and were both working...

Protecting Against “Sequence-of-Return Risk”

If you know me, you will know that one of my all-time favorite mantras is that investing is all about...

5 Strategies to Stay the Course in a Volatile Market

After a stellar 2021, which saw the S&P 500 Index (SPX) rise by almost 27%, and markets seem to shrug...

Retirement Practice Run

Congratulations, you can retire!  These are the four magic words everyone wants to hear at some point in their lives,...
  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