by Corey Beal | Jul 28, 2023 | Bear Market, Behavior, Bull Market, Diversification, finance basics, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Services, Financial Stuff, Historical Stock Market, How to invest, Investing, Investing fear, Passive investing, portfolio, Stock Market Decline & Recession, Stocks, Timing the stock market, Volatility
Have you heard stories from a friend about how they made some big bucks by buying a stock at the right time? Or how someone saved their ass by getting out of the stock market before a big drop? Have you ever read an article or seen a TV title like “10 Hottest Stocks...
by Corey Beal | Nov 23, 2022 | charitable contributions, college funding, College planning, Finance, finance tips, Financial Stuff, FSA, health insurance benefits, HSA, Investing, portfolio, Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), Retirement, Roth IRA, savings, tax loss harvesting, tax payments, tax planning, Year end financial planning tips
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to finish up your last-minute financial to-do’s. Here is a list of things that you should consider as you wrap up the year so that you can leave 2022 feeling like a financial badass. Review this list now as many deadlines...
by Corey Beal | Nov 11, 2022 | Bear Market, Behavior, Diversification, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Stuff, Historical Stock Market, Inflation, Investing, Investing fear, portfolio, Recession, savings, Stock Market Decline & Recession, Stocks, Volatility
Yesterday (11/10/22) happened to be the best day in the stock market since 2020! The U.S. stock market (S&P 500) rose 4.8%, International stocks surged 5%, and publicly-traded REITs increased by more than 6%. Did you hear much about this? I am guessing not as the...
by Corey Beal | Jul 22, 2022 | estate planning, Finance, Finance Industry, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Services, Financial Stuff, health insurance benefits, hourly financial planning, Investing, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ financial planning, Money Values, portfolio, Random, Retirement, savings, tax payments, tax planning, Taxes, Values, woman owned
I remember exactly where I was and how I felt on June 26, 2015 when the Supreme Court delivered their ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that “same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry”. Joy, freedom, happiness, and so many more emotions coursed through...
by Corey Beal | Jun 27, 2022 | Finance, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Services, Financial Stuff, Investing, portfolio, rebalance, Retirement, savings, Summer finance tips, tax loss harvesting, tax payments, Taxes
Woohoo, it’s officially summer!!! Summertime is when most people I know tend to travel more, get together with friends, play, and do many other things they typically don’t do throughout the year. Which also usually means not spending the time we should on our...
by Corey Beal | May 19, 2022 | financial plan, Financial Stuff, I-Bonds, Inflation, Investing, portfolio, Random, Retirement, Taxes
Inflation can sound super scary and news channels are ringing the alarm bells for the recent increase in inflation rates. Inflation is represented as the rate at which prices for goods and services are rising which means your dollars won’t buy as much as it has in the...
