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

Love and Money: How couples can have healthy money conversations

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Money is by far the top cause of stress in America. More than 72% of people reported feeling stressed about...

Nexting

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Instead of spending last week in the snow and freezing temperatures of Utah, I decided to go on a Disney...

What Was The Best Performing Asset of 2023?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Let’s talk about investment performance. One of my favorite investing charts is Ben Carlson’s asset allocation quilt which shows the...

Can Behavioral Finance Be Taken Too Far?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I don’t have a Twitter (or X) account anymore, but there was a tweet from a few days ago that...

What To Expect in 2024?

Almost exactly a year ago today, I wrote a post looking back on what had been a tough year for...

One Dentist’s Journey From Associate to Owner – Episode #459

You know the quest to buy a practice can be fraught with challenges. Before taking the ownership plunge, it would...

What I’m Into – Best of 2023 Edition

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Instead of another post about some of my favorite things I’ve watched, listened to, or read recently, I wanted to...

Lessons From Charlie Munger

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, right-hand man of Warren Buffett, and legendary investor, passed away a couple of...

We Always Want More

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

It feels like almost everyone I talk to isn’t happy about our current economy. The price of everything seems to...

Lengthen Your Timeline

The U.S. stock market hasn’t hit a new all-time high since January 3rd, 2022. As I’m writing this the S&P...

Are House Prices Going to Drop?

One of the most common questions I’ve been asked over the past few months has been: “Are house prices going...

Traffic and the Stock Market

Last week I was working late into the evening finishing up some client meetings when I received a superbly-timed text...