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06 Jun 2024 How Should We Think About Legacy?

Posted at 13:22h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Here are a few common legacy-oriented goals we help clients plan for, along with important questions that tend to accompany those goals: Educating the next generation(s). How should we think about ROI when it comes to school and major? How can we involve the student...

29 May 2024 $1M or a Penny That Doubles For 30 Days?

Posted at 13:48h in The Friday Brief by Geoff Hall, CFP®, RICP®

Last week, my 10-year-old son, Cooper, asked me a thought-provoking question: would I rather have $1 million today or a penny that doubles every day for the next thirty days? Cooper already knew the right choice, he'd stumbled upon the question on a YouTube video,...

23 May 2024 The Allure of the Crowd

Posted at 17:58h in The Friday Brief by Daniel Logan, CFP®

I was recently able to vacation to Europe, where Megan and I had a great time in England and France. While in Paris, we went and checked out the Louvre as tourists are fond of doing. We meandered through the museum and eventually made our...

16 May 2024 Living Forever and Other All-Consuming Pursuits

Posted at 13:53h in The Friday Brief by Ryan Smith, CFP®, RICP®, CTS™, MSFP

Bryan Johnson is in his mid-40's, worth a few hundred million bucks, and spends most of his energy in pursuit of eternal life. The lengths to which he will go include consuming more than 100 pills every day, drinking a smoothie that looks "like the...