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

Some Things Never Change

There’s an old Chinese proverb called Three Men Make a Tiger and it goes like this: If one person tells...

Finding Balance

This past week I was able to slip away for a weekend in the mountains with my family. Here are...

Where to Save for a Big Purchase

Throughout our lives, there will be various big purchases that need to be budgeted for separately from regular spending and...

4 Reasons Dentists Should Invest in Stocks – Episode #345

Dentists generally can invest in these asset classes: their practice (private business), real estate, and public markets. You’re already invested...

Stress and Uncertainty

A few weeks ago we finally got around to putting in a yard for our house. I say finally because...

What I’m Into

I have a busy week coming up and you know what that means. It’s time to do another post about...

Is Now a Good Time To invest?

The U.S. stock market is down around 23% from its highs as I’m writing this, which means we’re officially in...

Are We Entering a Recession?

Well, it seems like the economic news continues to get worse and worse. While some thought inflation might be slowing...

Compounding is Messy

Ben Carlson is one of my favorite finance writers. He has a blog called A Wealth of Common Sense and...

A Stock vs An Index

According to Jason Zweig, in the year following the market bottom on March 23, 2020, 96% of U.S. stocks had...

Some Food For Thought

I’ve been getting quite a few questions about the stock market and the economy recently, which makes sense as stocks...

The Unexpected

At the beginning of the year, my wife Kaycee and I decided we were ready to give in to our...