A common question we hear from clients is, “I need to withdraw cash from my portfolio. When should we sell investments to raise that cash?” As we’ve discussed in other posts, timing the market is very difficult. You might get it right a time or two, but outside of...
We often get the question “As I get older, my portfolio needs to become more conservative, right?” Our answer is always, “It depends on what you’re trying to do.” Becoming overly conservative can be a huge mistake. We’ll get to that in a second. However, the reason...
We have prepared 12 Essential Questions to ask your financial advisor. 1) Do you act as a fiduciary? By being a fiduciary, an advisor acts in your best interest 100% of the time. It’s important because if not, they might be recommending something just “suitable” for...
At the risk of not listening to our wonderful founding father, Allen Jacobson, who advises to always accentuate the positive, this might come off as a negative piece. I’m just going to state that now, so it’s out of the way. Our goal here is really to help make GOOD...