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On Silver and Diversification

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the best-performing asset classes of 2025. Emerging markets took the top spot,...
Topics: Market

Do You Really Need to Buy a House?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I was in Disneyland this past week with my family, so I didn’t have time to write something new. However,...
Topics: Real Estate

What Was The Best Investment in 2025?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Each year, Ben Carlson updates his asset allocation quilt chart, detailing the performance of different market segments from the previous...
Topics: Investing

Do Trump Accounts Stink?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

This is a text I got from a friend a few days ago: “Jake, write an article next week on...
Topics: Finance 101, Investing

Should You Invest in 2026?

By Jake Elm, CFP®, Financial Advisor

Happy New Year! I hope all of your goals and resolutions are off to a strong start. via GIPHY Before...
Topics: Investing, Market

What I’m Into – Best of 2025

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. In what has become a fun tradition for me, I’m ready to...
Topics: Work Life Balance

Is Inflation Ruining Our Lives?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Gallup conducts a survey each year asking Americans their biggest financial concern: As you can see, starting in 2022, worries...
Topics: Economy, Finance 101

The 3 Types of Investment Accounts

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Let’s revisit some investment account basics, shall we? The more conversations I have about investing, the more I realize the...
Topics: Retirement Plans

Is Gen Z Doomed?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend! Now that we’re back in the swing of things, here are a...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Early Career

Living Without Regret

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Happy Thanksgiving week! I can’t help but get a little sentimental at the end of each year as Thanksgiving and...
Topics: Behavioral Finance

50-Year Mortgages?!?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I can never tell what piece of financial news is going to go “viral” and become a cultural talking point,...
Topics: Debt & Financing, Real Estate

What Are Dividends?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: Some of the best content can come from real-life questions and examples. Here’s...
Topics: Finance 101, Investing