401(k) Investing: Participation is Step One; Allocation is Step Two
While the Department of Labor and employers have made participating in your company’s 401(k) plan, as an investor, you’re still left with the daunting task of asset allocation.
In the News: Mid-year: evaluate where you are, but don’t lose sight of the future
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal: Bil Lako, CFP®, explains how mid-year is a good time to evaluate where you are and look for moves that may make sense for your situation; however, keep the current market conditions in mind and don’t lose sight of your overarching plan.
Mid-Year: Evaluate Where You Are, but Don’t Lose Sight of the Future
Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, leads Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Senior Financial Planner Josh Weidie, CWS®, on a discussion of what investors can do mid-year to reassess their financial situation.
In the News: The Future is Still Bright, Despite Volatility
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal: Bil Lako, CFP®, explains how creating a plan, following the Ten Year Rule, and then making only tactical allocation decisions throughout the years allows the investor to remove the emotion out of buy and sell decisions.
History May Seem Rosy, but Future is Still Bright, Despite Volatility
Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and a Financial Planner team up to discuss what investors should and shouldn’t do in volatile markets like we are currently seeing.
In the News: Inflation is your benchmark for growing and maintaining your wealth
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal: Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that fixed-income investments are designed to protect principal, and that equities, over the long term, should outpace inflation.
Inflation is Your Benchmark for Growing and Maintaining Your Wealth
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, to look at how inflation affects retirement spending and investment allocation.
In the News: With Retirement Balances Down, a Roth Conversion May Make Sense
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal: Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that depressed account balances may provide an opportunity for investors to convert traditional retirement accounts to Roth IRAs.
With Retirement Balances Down, a Roth Conversion May Make Sense
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, to discuss a couple looking to make the best out of the depressed market by timing a Roth conversion. They cover the benefits and options investors have for conversion.
Trust Your Portfolio in Good Times and Bad
Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, to look at a listener’s “do-it-yourself” portfolio and plan, discussing how we prefer to allocate a portfolio’s investments using the Henssler Ten Year Rule.