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Discover what brings meaning to your life and how our investment advisory firm can help support that quest through the efficient management of your financial and non-financial resources. There may be no absolute guarantee of future financial success, but our experienced team of financial planners and coaches brings over 50 years of experience to assist you with every financial challenge imaginable.
We take a personal, holistic approach to financial planning. Our financial planners and coaches offer an array of products with or without an account minimum, including products by Fidelity Investments and National Financial Services llc, among others, and services, including professional financial planning and coaching services. They are trained professionals helping you maximize the effectiveness of both your financial and non-financial assets.
We offer financial services, such as investment advice, retirement planning, wealth management, and financial coaching strategies virtually to a nationwide clientele and in person to clients within driving distance of our home office in Rapid City, South Dakota. Our specialties include financial psychology, commission-free investment strategies, comprehensive financial planning, asset protection, and real estate and business consulting. Our financial services allow business owners, professionals, and retirees to create the financial security they need to enjoy financial independence and active retirement. The bottom line is that our team of fee-only financial planners makes working with us easy and cost-effective. Today Kahler can help you with your personal financial situation while only charging you fees on assets under management.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:
Financial Planning
You work hard, you spend frugally, and your net worth is growing. So are the complexities that come with accumulating wealth. Our skilled financial advisor team in Rapid City can help guide you with any decision that relates to money.
Your financial situation may be concentrated on the short-term financial goals or long-term goals. Either way, you have found the right financial advisor for your needs. We have certified financial planners on our team to meet your personal finance needs. Please refer to the link below to learn more.
Financial Therapy Through Advanced Wellbeing
Are you “stuck” in unhelpful money patterns? Do your thoughts and feelings around money create stress for you or tension in your relationships? No matter how much or how little money you deal with, financial therapy can help. Many looking to find a financial advisor do not realize the benefits of investment in financial therapy or how it can help them achieve their financial goals.
Investment Management
Our advice is based solely on your values and best interests. We provide an aspect of your financial life for long-term benefits. Our money management services have been very beneficial for our clients. We don’t sell financial products like financial institutions and brokerage services do.
Our investment advising team in Rapid City has over 50 years of experience, and our CIO spent five years on the SD Investment Council.
Lightning Meetings
Maybe you don’t think you need an ongoing relationship with an investment advisor, just some guidance on a one-time financial concern like tax or estate planning or deciding which mutual funds you should invest in. Our advisors provide a variety of standalone consulting services.
Recent Financial Blogs:
How Financial Advisors For Couples Can Include A Silent Partner
Over 40-plus years in financial planning, I noticed a common pattern with client couples: in meetings with advisors, one partner usually does most of the talking. The other sits back, nods in the right places, and answers direct questions. The professionals in the room key off the partner who talks. That’s a natural response. It’s efficient. It also helps keep one spouse ignorant around the family finances.
How Might Declining Population Affect Your Social Security?
If you are under 50, will Social Security still be there when you retire?
The answer starts with a number, 2.1, that demographers call the replacement rate. When women have an average of about 2.1 children, a country’s population stays level. Below that, without immigration, the population shrinks.
The More Often You Check Your Portfolio, The More Volatile It Seems
How volatile your portfolio feels depends mostly on how often you look at it. Daily prices jump around. Weekly prices jump less. Monthly prices are smoother than weekly, and annual prices are smoother than monthly. Checking more frequently does not change your investment. It does change your level of anxiety.
Financial Planning Resources
Financial Planning In The News
Kahler Financial Group’s founder, Rick Kahler, is a registered investment advisor recognized on a national level for his knowledge of traditional and cutting-edge financial planning services. Check out the latest articles that are published in Forbes, CNBC, USA Today, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Money Scoop, etc…
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Kahler Financial Group’s Founder and President Rick Kahler has an ongoing relationship with South Dakota Public Broadcasting. He has been featured on several different SDPB radio programs and is a frequent guest on the In The Moment show hosted by Lori Walsh. In The Moment is airing weekdays from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MT and a rebroadcast at 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM MT.
Financial Books by Rick Kahler
Rick Kahler, CFP®, has co-authored seven important financial books that are making a difference in how people perceive, react to, and handle money. These titles include the following:
- Coupleship Inc: From Financial Conflict to Financial Intimacy by Debra Kaplan, MA, MBA and Rick Kahler, MS, CFP®, CFT-I™, CeFT®
- The Psychology of Financial Planning by Saundra M. Davis, MSFP, APFC®, FBS®, Rick Kahler, MS, CFP®, CFT™, CeFT®, Emily Koochel, Ph.D., AFC®, CFT™, Meghaan Lurtz, Ph.D., FBS™, Megan McCoy, Ph.D., LMFT, AFC®, CFT™, Lance Palmer, Ph.D., Ron Sages, Ph.D., AEP®, CFP®, CTFA, EA, and Neal Van Zutphen, CFP®, M.S.
- Conscious Finance by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Kathleen Fox
- The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Drs. Ted & Brad Klontz
- Facilitating Financial Health: Tools for Financial Planners, Coaches, and Therapists by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Drs. Ted & Brad Klontz
- Wired for Wealth: Change the Money Mindsets That Keep You Trapped and Unleash Your Wealth Potential by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Drs. Ted & Brad Klontz
- The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Drs. Ted & Brad Klontz – Published in 2005
Glossary for Financial Terms
Check out these financial definitions to help you understand some financial terms. This list has many definitions taken from the Conscious Finance book by Rick Kahler, CFP®, and Kathleen Fox.
Our Mission
As a Rapid City based fee-only financial adviser, Kahler Financial Group’s mission is to be an advocate in helping people across the entire United States of America to make wise financial decisions that contribute to their prosperity and happiness. We do this by understanding your money history, objectively assessing your current situation, and offering options that will solve problems and create the future you desire.