How To Calculate Net Worth

Knowing vs. Doing

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I can’t stop thinking about the Masters. It’s the best golf tournament in the world, and we had a great...
Topics: Behavioral Finance, Finance 101

Navigating Stock Market Volatility

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: What a wild past week and a half in the stock market. On...
Topics: Market

Riding Out the Storm

By Jordan Haines, CFP® , Director of Financial Education

What Market Volatility Teaches Us About Long-Term Investing The headlines have been relentless lately. With the announcement of sweeping new...
Topics: 2025 Tariffs Market Commentary

Do You Hate Paying Taxes?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: As I write this, the U.S. stock market is taking a small tumble,...
Topics: Taxes

How Much Money Is Considered a “Living Wage?”

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Almost every Monday, I log in to my LinkedIn account and peruse for about 15 minutes to see what people...
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