Blogs & Articles
Dive into our insightful blogs, where we share valuable tips and expert advice on various financial topics.
Is There Greener Grass On The Other Side?
Sometimes you need to find a new financial advisor. Other times, you might think you need a new advisor, but really, you’re just guilty of thinking that the grass is greener on the other side. Let’s discuss some common scenarios and whether they’re legitimate reasons for leaving your advisor.
The Money Gridiron: What Football Teaches Us About Retirement Planning
On this week’s episode, Jude will hand off his cohosting duties to Vikki Weaver. Vikki serves as the Director of Financial Planning at Centrus Financial Strategies. In her role, she coordinates with the team to create and maintain clients’ financial plans. We invite Kurt Alter to join us once again to discuss why you might want to hire a tax professional and the positive impact this relationship can have on your financial life.
Why You Should Consider Hiring A Tax Professional With Vikki Weaver and Kurt Alter
On this week’s episode, Jude will hand off his cohosting duties to Vikki Weaver. Vikki serves as the Director of Financial Planning at Centrus Financial Strategies. In her role, she coordinates with the team to create and maintain clients’ financial plans. We invite Kurt Alter to join us once again to discuss why you might want to hire a tax professional and the positive impact this relationship can have on your financial life.
How Rehmann Serves Their Clients With Kurt Alter
Kurt Alter serves as a Tax Principal at Rehmann. His experience is diverse and suitable to a variety of business and individual tax, accounting, and consulting needs. Jude and Kurt will discuss how Rehmann creates an individualized client experience and why this is crucial when putting together a plan.
Getting It Right: Irreversible Financial Decisions
There are plenty of decisions that you’ll make in the retirement planning process that can’t be undone, so you want to make sure that you make the right call. On this episode, we’ll explain why these decisions are so important and can’t be undone.
Going Against The Grain
Being a good advisor isn’t about winning a popularity contest or just saying the same things that everyone else in the industry says. It’s about giving the best advice that you can for each individual situation. On today’s show, we’re going to peel back the curtain to discuss some areas where a good financial advisor’s opinions might go against the grain with mainstream ideas in the industry.
Should You Follow These Popular Retirement Rules of Thumb?
You’ve most likely heard plenty of “rules” you’re supposed to follow to retire successfully. Some of these rules are stated so confidently, you’d be crazy not to immediately accept them as fact. But we don’t mind the threat of being called crazy, so let’s dive into some of the most popular retirement “rules of thumb” to see if they truly lead us down the path of good financial guidance or run a chance of leading us astray.
Inflation and Recession with Glenn Dorsey
We have a special guest on the show today, Glenn Dorsey. Glenn serves as the Senior Vice President and Head of Client Portfolio Management for Clark Capital Management Group. He is responsible for portfolio construction and the clear communication of investment strategy to advisors and their clients. Jude and Glenn will discuss the current state of the economy and some of the big issues we are seeing right now.
Top 9 Financial Debates, Part 2
We will be finishing up our conversation on some of the major debates for pre retirees and retirees. Tune in for part 2 of our discussion.
Top 9 Financial Debates, Part 1
We are kicking off a two part series discussing some of the major debates for pre retirees and retirees. Tune in for part 1 of this conversation.
From The Peanut Gallery: Can I Retire At 55?
A recent Yahoo! Finance article explored the idea of retiring early at the age of 55 to see if it was feasible. We’ll break down some of the issues facing folks who want to retire early on this episode, but for some additional fun let’s look at the comment section to see what questions and advice the peanut gallery has for us to consider.
Secret To Retirement Success: Get Out Of Your Own Way
There are plenty of external factors that often negatively influence our chances of having a successful retirement. But often, failure comes from within. On this episode, we’ll talk about some of the common ways people get in their own way when it comes to financial planning.