Jake Elm, CFP®

Financial Advisor

Jake is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a graduate of Utah Valley University’s nationally ranked Personal Financial Planning program. As a financial advisor at Dentist Advisors, he provides dentists with fiduciary guidance related to investments, debt, savings, taxes, and insurance. Since joining the company in 2018, Jake has been instrumental in improving our Elements® and investment management processes. He is also the author of a popular weekly blog called “Money Talks.”


My Content

Is Your House a Good Investment?

For the majority of Americans, their home is their biggest financial asset. And it’s not really that close. For the...

What Do You Want To Do?

Morgan Housel has written that, for him, the highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning...

Market Corrections

The stock market has been a little bit crazy the past couple of weeks. There has been a lot of...

Some Thoughts on Inflation

In the last couple of weeks, the U.S. inflation rate hit its highest level in 40 years at more than...

Pyrrhic Victories

The most popular movie villain in recent years has been Thanos, the big bad purple dude at the center of...

Let’s Talk About Crypto

I’ve realized that while I’ve mentioned cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in a few articles in the past, I’ve never really dedicated...

The 3 Types of Investment Accounts

These first few weeks of the year are when those who’ve made New Year’s resolutions are trying to establish new...

Boring Is Good

I recently came across an investing story that made my stomach churn. The story is from Vice and written by...

Stock Market Check-In

As the year comes to a close in the next handful of days, I felt it would be appropriate to...

Good Financial Advice

Jason Zweig, long-time investment writer and author of one of the best weekly finance blogs called The Intelligent Investor, was...

Should You Max Out Your 401(k)

I’ve been getting quite a few questions about 401(k)s lately; mainly people asking if they should contribute to their 401(k)...

What Type of Car Can You Afford?

It was brought to my attention that lately a lot of my posts have been more philosophical in nature and...