Family wealth is about more than money. It’s about aspirations, expectations, values, and legacies. It can be an emotional topic, bringing out the best in some and the worst in others. And when wealth transfers hands, discord and conflict can irrupt in even the closest of families. An estimated $30 trillion will change hands over...

At the recent Schwab IMPACT conference in Washington DC, Joe Duran, CEO of United Capital, had a few things to say about clients. According to Diana Britton for Wealthmanagement.com, Duran called clients emotional creatures that want to know if they have the means to live the life they want. For advisors, this means understanding what...

Seats promoting diversity in the board room may be opening up, state-by-state. The diversity we are referring to is women, who have been under-represented in the executive halls of U.S. public companies. Individual states are taking on the status quo with initiatives to help instill diversification. Most recently, California implemented a minimum number of women...

Our youngest client is a 13-year old teenage boy who is saving and investing money earned from a lawn mowing business. His mother and a friend brought in their homeschooled children to us to complete an economic unit on investing. While the students came to our office to learn, it’s the mothers that drove them...

Women and men are not financial equals at the time of retirement. Women have fallen behind, held back by a lack of investing confidence and a pay disparity. That creates a $1 million “wealth gap” for women as they approach retirement age, according to the 2018 Age Wave study. Women make up roughly half of...