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      • Sue McGrath
      • Marina Johnson, CFA
      • Sarah Quist, CFP®, CDFA
      • Cliff Yount, IACCP®
      • John LaBarca, CFA
      • Jeffrey Schmidt, CFA
      • Bryan Goss
      • Katelyn Cummings, CFP®
      • Ellen Hurd
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      • Matthew Sheets, CFP®
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May 23 2022

Next Steps for the Graduate: 5 Alternatives to Attending College

Graduation time is here! High school seniors will walk across the stage and into the next phase of life. Some graduates are certain and excited about their next step. Others may be unsure what the future will bring. If you are feeling uncertain, there are plenty of options to support yourself while gaining valuable life experience.

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Written by Marina Johnson · Categorized: 529 PLAN, FINANCIAL PLANNING, PARENTING · Tagged: CAREER, COLLEGE SAVING, FINANCIAL PLANNING

Apr 25 2022

Spring Cleaning for Your Finances

Spring: the season of growth and revival. After a long, cold winter, nothing feels better than cleaning up and getting organized. It’s the perfect juncture, nestled between the beginning of the year and summertime, to make changes to your current routine and establish new habits that are a better fit for your future by not only refreshing your home, but revamping your finances as well.

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Written by Marina Johnson · Categorized: FINANCIAL ADVISOR, FINANCIAL PLANNING · Tagged: FINANCIAL PLANNING

Mar 29 2022

Marriage and Social Security Retirement Benefits

Since Social Security benefits are often a substantial part of your cash flow during retirement, it’s important to understand how they can be impacted by marriage and divorce. Every relationship and financial situation is different, so it’s wise to be prepared to make well-informed decisions about your benefits.

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Written by Marina Johnson · Categorized: DIVORCE, FINANCIAL PLANNING, SOCIAL SECURITY · Tagged: FINANCIAL PLANNING, RETIREMENT PLANNING

Feb 28 2022

Psychology and Investing

In a previous blog, The Psychology of Investing, we discussed how the concepts of loss aversion, recency bias, and selective memory can impact an investment strategy and tolerance for risk. None of us are immune to these potential psychological traps, so it’s important to be aware of the underlying feelings motivating our investment decisions. It’s a challenging but necessary exercise to separate our rational, analytical mind from our emotional response to the highs and lows of market fluctuations (and any other life circumstances we may be navigating at the time). In many ways, investing isn’t only about how the market behaves, but how we react to watching our wealth rise and fall as well. With this in mind, let’s further examine how our conscious and unconscious perceptions are intertwined with the choices we make for our investment portfolios.

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Written by Marina Johnson · Categorized: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Tagged: FINANCIAL PLANNING, INVESTMENT

Jan 26 2022

Managing Finances for a Loved One in Cognitive Decline

Knowing a loved one is going through cognitive decline is a difficult situation on its own made even more challenging when you consider how it will affect their finances. Problems related to money management, from unpaid bills and abnormal spending to confusion over their accounts and missing money, are often one of the first indicators that something is amiss. Fortunately, if your loved one is heading towards a dementia diagnosis of some kind or has already received one, there are steps you can take to protect their financial assets and ensure they’re properly taken care of when they’re no longer able to care for themselves.
Cognitive Decline

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Written by Marina Johnson · Categorized: FINANCIAL PLANNING

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