Financial Planning, Financial Tips, Goal Planning
AnnaMarie Mock, CFP®
Q3 Crunch Time: Keep Your Financial Goals from ...

As we close out the third quarter of the year, it's a natural time to pause and take stock of your progress toward your financial goals. By this point in the year, nine months of progress, challenges, and decisions have shaped where you stand today. With three months ahead, there's time to fine-tune your approach, close gaps, and position yourself to finish the year strong.

Q3 Crunch Time: Keep Your Financial Goals from Derailing
Financial Planning, Financial Tips, Retirement Planning, Savings
Edward Leach
Employer Retirement Plan Check-up

As we approach the year's final quarter, it’s the perfect time for a retirement plan check-up. Even if you set your 401(k) contributions months ago, life has a way of shifting the numbers — salary increases, bonuses, or payroll changes can all affect how much you are actually putting away.

Employer Retirement Plan Check-up
Financial Planning, Financial Tips
Reed C. Fraasa, CFP®, AIF®, RLP®
Money Flowing Out? Your January Financial Reset ...

As we embark on a new year, there's no better time to take control of your financial future by thoroughly reviewing your cash flow. If having a vision and establishing goals is the touchstone for a financial plan, this essential financial practice sets the foundation for achieving your goals and ensuring long-term financial stability.

Money Flowing Out? Your January Financial Reset Starts Now
Divorce Planning, Newly Independent Women
Joseph Goldy, CFP®, CDFA®
Understanding the CDFA® Designation: Your ...

Anyone who has gone through a divorce knows how emotionally challenging and financially complex it can be. While attorneys handle the legal aspects, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® focuses specifically on the financial implications of divorce. This specialized designation equips professionals with the expertise to guide clients through the intricate financial aspects of divorce proceedings, ensuring better outcomes for their financial future.

Understanding the CDFA® Designation: Your Financial Ally During Divorce
Pharmaceutical Professionals, Stock Options, Financial Planning
AnnaMarie Mock, CFP®
Science Meets Finance: How The Scientific ...

Anna Marie Mock, a fee-only certified financial planner at Highland Financial Advisors, discusses the dynamic interplay between art and science in financial planning. Drawing inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci's philosophy that "everything connects to everything else," she emphasizes that financial planning is an art involving subjective goal-setting and a science-driven by objective analysis tools. In this video, Anna explains how the scientific method can be applied to financial planning, using equity compensation as a concrete example. 

Science Meets Finance: How The Scientific Method is Applied in Financial Planning | Ep. 6

Private Investments

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The Hardest Financial Question Has Nothing to Do With Money

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The Hardest Financial Question Has Nothing to Do With Money

Most successful people spend decades preparing financially for the next chapter of life. They build businesses. Advance their careers. Invest wisely. Save consistently. Accumulate wealth. Far fewer spend time preparing for the chapter itself. 

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The Hidden Risk of Success

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The Hidden Risk of Success

Success often creates a challenge that few people anticipate. In fact, some of the biggest planning opportunities we encounter are not the result of poor decisions. They are the result of exceptionally good ones.

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New Frontiers: Energy, Infrastructure, and Innovation Investing

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New Frontiers: Energy, Infrastructure, and Innovation Investing

Why where you own the future may matter as much as what you own

Financial planning helps you develop a better decision architecture to improve your life. If asked what financial planning is, you may think of cash flow planning, retirement planning, insurance, and estate planning. Financial planning also involves the design and management of your investment portfolio — the tool most likely to help you achieve your goals. Because financial planning is all about building a better future for yourself, your investment portfolio should be structured with an eye toward the future. 

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Why Digital Infrastructure Could be the Bright Spot for America’s Economic Future

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Why Digital Infrastructure Could be the Bright Spot for America’s Economic Future

We often think about the Industrial Revolution as a defining moment of economic progress—a time when investment in factories, railways, and power transformed daily life and lifted entire economies. 

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What Baking a Cake Can Teach Us About Building a Better Investment Portfolio

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What Baking a Cake Can Teach Us About Building a Better Investment Portfolio

Have you ever tried eating raw flour? What about a spoonful of baking powder or a stick of butter? Each one on its own doesn't taste great—but mix them, bake them, and you've got cake. I would say that's an enjoyable experience for someone who likes cake. 

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How You Buy and Sell a Home is About to Change

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How You Buy and Sell a Home is About to Change

The recent settlement between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and various plaintiffs marks a significant turning point in the real estate industry. This agreement, which resolves allegations of anti-competitive practices, took effect on August 17th and could substantially change how homes are bought and sold across the United States.

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