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Don’t Be Fooled by Debt Debt is a scary word. For many Americans it’s practically taboo. And for good reason: according to NerdWallet, the average debt in American households in 2020 was about $145,000. While there is reason to be cautious, debt can also be...
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“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

Compliance rules. They’re not the most romantic subject, but that doesn’t diminish their importance. Yeske Buie is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and we take our role of maintaining compliance with the SEC’s regulations very seriously. Why? Obviously...
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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

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Financial planning is MAGIC. Financial planning, real financial planning, transforms lives. And a recent New York Times story by Rob Lieber beautifully articulates this belief. In his piece titled “Dad, a Death Sentence, and the Planner...
Topics: Financial Planning

Hardly a week goes by where the term “net worth” doesn’t pop into a conversation, ad, or other media. Despite its prevalence, however, understanding how to calculate it and why, in some ways, it can be more important to one’s financial health than watching the...
Topics: Financial Planning

As members of the Millennial generation – loosely defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 – we are part of one of the country’s largest financial demographics. Millennials are forecast to compromise 75% of the global workforce by 2025(1), and one recent study shows...
Topics: Financial Planning, Yeske Buie Millennial