Financial advisors are often encouraged to outsource the portfolio management portion of their business in order to scale their practices. This is not always a bad thing, as some advisors tend to be more focused on budgeting, estate planning, insurance etc. they do not have the time or desire to … [Read More...] about Complification
Mark Meredith, CFP®
Mark has been a financial advisor since 2010, after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Eastern Illinois University. In 2018, he was name by Forbes as one of the top 1,000 financial advisors from the next generation. After 7+ years as a financial advisor with a local community bank, he decided the only way he could serve people in the way he thought was best was to open an independent fee-only firm.
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Why All Financial Planning Projections Are Wrong
Many of us have run through retirement calculators. We punch in our current investment account balances, how much we'll save each year, what rate of return we expect, and it spits out a projected future value. That projection will be wrong. Even if we could predict the future rate of return … [Read More...] about Why All Financial Planning Projections Are Wrong
Quarterly Thoughts (3rd Quarter 2019)
The 3rd quarter is a wrap! How'd markets do? 3rd quarter 01/01/2019 - 09/30/2019 US Stocks 1.08% 19.90% Global Ex-US Stocks -1.58% 11.42% Total Bond Market 2.40% 8.60% First thought: Framing is everything You may look at the quarterly return of a diversified … [Read More...] about Quarterly Thoughts (3rd Quarter 2019)