How to Reprogram & Improve Your Money Mindset
What’s the first thing you think of when it comes to money? Are your thoughts more positive or negative? Whatever’s natural to you can speak to your money mindset.1 And that money mindset can shape your financial views and habits. It can also reveal more about your values and beliefs, not just about finance but…
How to Beat Investing FOMO: The Power of Patient Wealth Building
Can you relate to any of the following? It’s common to feel this way. Many of us experience “fear of missing out” — or FOMO — in our financial lives.1 When we do, it can cloud our judgment and cause us to make short-sighted, fear-driven decisions that could result in more losses and interfere with…
3 Investment Factors that Don’t Drive Long-term Returns
As a long-term investor, you’re always thinking about what factors drive your investment returns. Unfortunately, many investors focus on things that cause short-term changes and actually have no impact on long-term market returns. It’s not their fault – these myths are so commonly believed that many so-called “savvy investors” would preach to you of their…
Election & Market Dip
A lot has happened recently. After weeks of gains, markets slid as investors took a step back from big technology stocks.1 At the same time, a global IT outage took major corporations offline across the world. President Joe Biden withdrew from the election, injecting more uncertainty into the tight race.2 A shooter came close to…
Bad Money Habits: How They Vary by Generation & How to Break Them for Good
What was the last money mistake you made? If you’re like most folks, you’ve made at least one upsetting money mistake in the past year — and you’d like to do better.1 In fact, most folks admit their finances have not gotten better over the past year. And at least half of them say the real problem is that…