Tag: fee-only financial planning

Clear Communication Helps Your Financial Team Help You

As you advance in your career and begin to build financial security and invest for the future, you will build a financial team. Most likely, you will do this one professional at a time. You’ll find a CPA to do your taxes, a financial advisor for investments, and an...

Why A Financial Advisor Might Avoid Some Of Your Questions

How do you find a competent, ethical financial advisor? An approach I have recommended for years is to interview planners, ask questions, and persist until you get clear answers. Under a relatively new SEC rule, getting those answers is becoming harder to do. This...

Protect Your Financial Future From The Slow Leak of Inflation

Have you ever been tempted to ignore a dripping faucet? Just a drop here and there doesn’t look like much, but leave it long enough and you’ve got water damage. Inflation works the same way.  Ignoring it is like letting a faucet drip in the basement—easy to overlook...

The Power of Attorney Mistake That Could Cost You Everything

Recently, reading a training manual on elder abuse, I was reminded of a financial risk that is often overlooked. One of the fastest and easiest ways to unravel your financial security is to have the wrong person gain control of your money. The example in the manual...

Why Technology Makes Modern Financial Planning More Human Than Ever

Over the years of writing these columns, I’ve tried to maintain a mix of topics that address both the technical aspects of investing or financial planning and the emotional component of our money behavior. I realized recently that, despite my love of numbers and...