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03 May 2023 The 1,000th Friday Brief

Posted at 18:48h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

This week I had the privilege of writing the 1,000th edition of the Beacon Wealthcare Friday Brief. 1,000 is a pretty big number. That's a lot of time spent writing and reading about investing, financial planning, taxes, personal finances, and life, for that matter. Jared,...

27 Apr 2023 Financial Inertia

Posted at 15:06h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Inertia is a powerful force, and I'm not talking about "ball rolling down a hill" kind. No, I'm talking about the kind that keeps us stuck-in-a-rut, maintaining bad habits and preventing us from starting good ones. When it comes to money, we call this "Financial Inertia,"...

20 Apr 2023 When $300k Feels Like $100k

Posted at 14:37h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

There was an article at Bloomberg this week with the title, "A $300,000 Salary Feels Like $100,000 in The Priciest US Cities," and I would like to say two things about that: 1) I bet these sorts of articles are reliably the most clicked articles,...

13 Apr 2023 24 Hours of Adrenalin

Posted at 16:21h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

When I was younger, my friends and I used to enjoy competing in endurance races like the 24 Hours of Adrenalin race in Conyers, Georgia. It was basically a mountain bike event that involved completing as many laps as possible of the mountain bike course...