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What is Investment Management?
Sometimes people ask, what is investment management? Investment management is taking the resources you have for long-term investing and deciding how to allocate those investments. When you think about asset [...]
Should I Hire a Financial Advisor or DIY?
A lot of people wonder whether they should hire a financial advisor or if they should just DIY it. Typically, you hire a financial advisor because you want someone who [...]
What are the Best Short-Term Investment Plans?
When people ask about short-term investments, hedging is brought up a lot of the time. Hedging is not a very good short-term investment because it usually locks your money up [...]
What Does it Mean to be a Fiduciary Advisor?
A fiduciary advisor is a financial advisor who is legally obligated to work in your best interest. A lot of times in the financial services industry, it isn't very clear [...]
How Much is Social Security Reduced if You Have a Pension?
A common question we get is; how much does a pension reduce your social security benefit by? The first thing you have to look at is if you paid into [...]
FTX Fallout in Your Portfolio
Recently the crypto exchange FTX filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The FTX fallout is crazy in the crypto world, but does it affect your portfolio? It's a big mess at [...]
ESG Coming to Your 401k Plan
Just before Thanksgiving, the Biden administration made some changes where they basically gave 401k plan providers and pension managers the ability to use ESG funds inside retirement accounts. ESG stands [...]
SPIVA Scorecard: S&P Index vs Passive Management
The SPIVA scorecard stands for S&P indices versus active. There is a long debate in the financial space about whether active investing or just buying the index is better. Active [...]