Jake Elm, CFP®

Senior Financial Advisor

Hi, I’m Jake Elm, CFP®, a Financial Advisor at Dentist Advisors. I help dentists make thoughtful financial decisions around budgeting, debt and student loans, saving, investing, and long-term retirement planning. My goal is to help dentists plan responsibly for the future while still enjoying life today.

I found my way into financial planning in college simply because I wanted to understand how money works and how to build and maintain wealth. Since personal finance isn’t something most of us are taught early on, discovering that I could learn it deeply and help others do the same felt like a natural fit. While I enjoy the problem-solving side of building a financial plan, what keeps me passionate about this work is seeing how money touches every part of life and helping people use it intentionally to live their best life.

To me, client success means less stress, fewer unknowns, and more time and energy to focus on what matters most. Making as much money as possible isn’t the goal. Money is simply a tool, and I love when clients tell me they feel confident about their financial future and clear on how to reach their goals.
I’ve been a financial advisor for over seven years at Dentist Advisors. I earned my degree in Personal Financial Planning from Utah Valley University and hold the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation.

Outside of work, I enjoy reading, movies, sports, good food, traveling with my family, and golfing whenever I can. I’m also a loyal Utah Jazz and Utah Utes football fan, for better or worse.


My Content

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...

Stock Market Turbulence

Economic uncertainty seems to be on most people’s minds at the moment. Many are uneasy about the ongoing declines in...

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

I think it’s about time I do a post centered on Elon Musk. He’s probably the most talked-about person in...

Why Stocks?

As of 2021, 56% of American adults are investing in the stock market. And of that 56%, only around 10%...

Preparing For a Recession

Over the past handful of weeks, there seems to be an increasing number of people who believe that a recession...