by guidestreamfin | Jul 6, 2016 | Financial and Estate Planning
Financial Planning: Not Just for Men! -by Debra Lyon, Caitlin Koppelman, and Lori Pelham- Lisa is 35. She’s a mother to 2 beautiful children and a recent divorcee. She just returned to part time work last year when her youngest started school. Up until now, she’s...
by guidestreamfin | Oct 28, 2015 | Financial and Estate Planning
Behavioral finance—the interaction between human psychology and money—has become a major component of current economic theory. Experts on behavioral finance love to study how greed and fear cause massive swings in the markets. But behavioral finance doesn’t just exist...
by guidestreamfin | Aug 14, 2015 | Financial and Estate Planning
In America, the idea of “independence” is almost sacred. Every July 4th, we celebrate the start of the United States’ long road towards independence and control of its own interests. When people make plans for the future, many put “financial independence” as their...
by guidestreamfin | Jun 23, 2015 | Financial and Estate Planning
-By Mark Olson- Why is it that most of us have a sincere desire to manage our health and finances to their highest potential but few have effectively cared for those critical aspects of life over the long haul? Most of us will acknowledge the primary cause is that...
by guidestreamfin | Feb 17, 2015 | Financial and Estate Planning
We all hope for a long, healthy life, but—from a financial standpoint—the length of our lives may be starting to get out of hand. One projection from the U.K.’s Office of National Statistics estimates that more than 30 percent of the nation’s children born after 2011...
by guidestreamfin | Jun 23, 2014 | Financial and Estate Planning
-By Scott Blakemore- What comes to mind when you think of “Financial Planning”? When asked what I do for a living, my response, “I’m a financial planner” is usually met with blank stares and the sound of crickets. Now and then I get a response, “Oh, I’ve...