Author: Ryan Kelly, CFP

As financial planners, managing client accounts and investments is a major component of the work that we do. We take on a number of responsibilities in this sphere, one of which is the process of rebalancing. The rebalancing process is the quintessential application of the...
Topics: Economy and Investing

Financial planning derives its greatest value from a deep relationship between a planner and the Client. We’ve written about the importance of our discovery process before and the behavioral science research behind it. As a product of our discovery process, we assemble the Live Big®...
Topics: Financial Planning

The vast majority of resources on Social Security focus on the thousands of rules and the myriad of strategies to maximize your Social Security benefits. There simply don't seem to be enough resources, though, that explain how Social Security actually works when you’re ready to...
Topics: Financial Planning

The NCAA Men’s and Women's Basketball Tournament – the pinnacle of the sport – is upon us. This three-week long tournament attracts attention far beyond the alumni of the respective schools. For reference, the 2022 men's championship game between Kansas and UNC captured the attention...
Topics: Financial Planning, Yeske Buie Millennial

Ask your child what they’re afraid of, and they may say the dark, a monster under the bed, or their school principal. Turn to your friends, however, and you may find that financial concerns – not “things that go bump in the night” – start...
Topics: Financial Planning

It feels as though we experience a “once-in-a-century” event that leads us to a “new normal” every decade. And those in the media love to proclaim, every time, that “this time is different.” Now, we’re hearing it again: the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. After experiencing...
Topics: Financial Planning

Benjamin Graham, widely known as the "father of value investing," once wrote, “The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.” All humans carry with them biases shaped by their backgrounds and experiences, which influence every decision they...
Topics: Financial Planning

“Debt” is a scary word. For many Americans it’s practically taboo. And for good reason: NerdWallet found that the total amount of debt owed by the average American household in 2022 was about $170,000. But while there is reason to be cautious, debt can still...
Topics: Financial Planning

We all want to be rich. Everyone does. It’s woven into the fabric of today’s consumer-centric society and has been implicit in the “American Dream” ever since this country was founded. The idea that everyone has equal opportunity to achieve financial success is epitomized by...
Topics: Financial Planning, Yeske Buie Millennial

For many, the shared challenges we’ve faced over the past few years has brought charitable giving to the forefront of their minds. Each year, we work with Clients to make charitable gifts through several traditional methods – Qualified Charitable Distributions from IRAs, donating appreciated shares...
Topics: Financial Planning