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How Much Money Is Considered a “Living Wage?”

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: Almost every Monday, I log in to my LinkedIn account and peruse for...
Topics: Finance 101, Income

Investing Lessons From March Madness

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Over the last four days, there have been a whopping 48 college basketball games played, all part of a 68-team,...
Topics: Market

What’s Going On With The Stock Market? Part Two

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Almost all of my conversations this past week have at some point shifted toward the stock market. Even as I...
Topics: Market

What’s Going On With The Stock Market?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

As I’m writing this, the S&P 500 (an index tracking the 500 largest companies in the U.S.) is down about...
Topics: Market

What I’m Into

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

  Honestly, there’s no economic/personal finance topic that’s catching my interest this week. So you know what that means, another...
Topics: Work Life Balance

Are 401(k)s a Scam?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

There seems to be an increasing amount of people giving financial advice on social media. And while there’s nothing inherently...
Topics: Investing, Retirement Plans

Are You Saving Enough?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

In response to last week’s post, I had quite a bit more people reach out with their thoughts and opinions...
Topics: Saving

Managing Tradeoffs

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: The other day, I saw a video of Dave Ramsey urging people to...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Finance 101, Investing

The 3 Ways to Build Wealth

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: Around 62% of U.S. adults have at least some money invested in the...
Topics: Cash Management, Finance 101, Income

How Much Money Do the Top 10% Make?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I saw a graph the other day showing that the upcoming generation is more focused on money than any generation...
Topics: Cash Management, Finance 101, Income

Preparing for the Worst

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

In a wonderful article recently published by Morgan Housel, he proposes that the more trivial our disagreements and arguments as...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Finance 101, Tracking Progress

Are Index Funds Really Diversified?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Perhaps the most common piece of investing advice I see on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram Reels, CNBC articles, or wherever you...
Topics: Investing, Market