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

The 3 Ways to Build Wealth

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: Around 62% of U.S. adults have at least some money invested in the...

How Much Money Do the Top 10% Make?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I saw a graph the other day showing that the upcoming generation is more focused on money than any generation...

Preparing for the Worst

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

In a wonderful article recently published by Morgan Housel, he proposes that the more trivial our disagreements and arguments as...

Are Index Funds Really Diversified?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Perhaps the most common piece of investing advice I see on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram Reels, CNBC articles, or wherever you...

The Dichotomy of Goals

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: Something about the beginning of a new year makes us all feel like...

What I’m Into – Best of 2024

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Last year I made Top-10 lists of my favorite movies and TV shows I watched throughout the year. I thought...

Was it a Good Year in the Stock Market?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better calendar year for the U.S. stock market than what we’ve seen in 2024....

Financial Vegetables

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

TL;DR – Listen to the article post: For most kids—at least the kids I grew up around—the idea of eating...

Do You Need to Buy Bitcoin?

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Bitcoin is up. If you didn’t know that, then you must not have anyone in your life who owns Bitcoin...

Living Without Regret

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent years working in palliative care with patients who had very little time...

The Thing About Ferraris

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

I’m republishing an old post this week because I don’t have a lot of time and I also think this...

Sweat the Big Stuff

By Jake Elm, CFP® , Financial Advisor

We’ve all heard traditional financial media telling people to cut out lattes, stop eating out, and get rid of any...