Aug
27

Financial Planning vs. Wealth Management — What’s the Difference?

posted on August 27th 2019 in Your Financial Advisor with 0 Comments

Business group brainstorming on meeting to planning project finance analyzing calculate with report document, stacking coins for step up growing business to profit and saving with wealth management

It really drives me nuts when financial planning and wealth management are used interchangeably, because the two disciplines require different skill sets and are appropriate for different people. In a nutshell, a financial planner will accompany you on your trek up the mountain — toward financial independence — while a wealth manager resides on the […]

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Jun
20

How to Manage It: Millennial Rules for Finances

posted on June 20th 2019 in Austin CFP Team Posts & Fort Worth CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

Millennials have come of age in an era like no other in history. This generation has made its mark in a time period that’s been a supernova of information accessibility, interpersonal connectivity and technological disruption. It’s no wonder this generation sees the world, and their personal/financial priorities, a little differently than previous ones. While baby […]

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Mar
27

Protect Your Assets And Your Free Time

posted on March 27th 2018 in Your Financial Advisor with 0 Comments

Time is Money. Time is at a premium these days, and with work following us on our phones, it can be hard to draw a boundary and embrace quality time outside of the office. If you’re like many dedicated entrepreneurs, this dilemma will resonate. You may feel like you’ve devoted so many hours to building […]

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Jan
30

Don’t Tax Me

posted on January 30th 2018 in Market Commentary with 0 Comments

Don't Tax Me: January 2018 Market Commentary

“Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree,” quipped Senator Russell Long, who chaired the powerful Senate Finance Committee from 1966 to 1981. Tax Reform is Here This past year, Halloween was barely over when House Republicans introduced their version of tax reform. Few observers thought such a massive undertaking could be signed […]

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Dec
13

Five Key Concepts for Financial Success

The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]

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Dec
06

Investing Shouldn’t be Complicated

Investing Shouldn't Be Complicated

The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]

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Nov
29

How We Define Wealth Management

How We Define Wealth Management

The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]

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Apr
03

Women and Investing

posted on April 3rd 2017 in Austin CFP Team Posts with 0 Comments

This is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of Certified Financial Planner™ Scott O’Brien’s brand new e-book Surviving to Thriving: A Financial Resource for Divorcées and Widows. This e-book brings you in depth information from 7 experts across industries to help women manage the financial and personal elements of life’s major transitions. Download your complimentary copy […]

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Feb
26

Income In Our Golden Years

posted on February 26th 2017 in Market Commentary with 0 Comments

As adults, we know the importance of saving for retirement. It’s really easy. Just set up an automatic withdrawal from each month’s paycheck and direct it into a retirement account. What becomes trickier is the amount we should be saving and how we should best invest it. But what happens as we enter retirement? We’ve […]

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