‘Kiddie’ Tax Advantages
June 27, 2022  | By David Lowe, CFP®

Tax considerations are a key part of a successful financial plan, and that’s true of minors as well as adults. A previous blog post explored Roth IRAs as investments to position young workers for future tax savings. However, a child’s…Read More

Roth IRAs for the Kiddos
May 5, 2022  | By David Lowe, CFP®

How your teenager (or even younger child) can benefit from a Roth IRA You have a high-achieving teenager who balances high school studies, chores and extracurricular activities with part-time work. Or maybe your college student took a job to help…Read More

Markets and War
March 15, 2022  | By Kevin Smith, CFA

I’ve heard financial markets described as “expectations machines”, and I think that’s about right. Asset prices are based on what people are willing to pay for them, which is based on what they expect to receive in return. Prices go…Read More

A Better Way to Manage Your 401(k) Account
September 30, 2021  | By Matt Pierce, CFA

This month, we added a new technology platform, called FeeX, to help us better manage our clients’ employer-sponsored 401(k) accounts and other outside assets. In the coming weeks, we will begin migrating clients to this new platform. If you currently…Read More

Investing for the Unknowable
September 22, 2021  | By Matt Pierce, CFA

By Matthew Pierce, CFA Yogi was right, and it’s particularly difficult when it’s your hard earned money on the line! Uncertainty never goes away, it just changes shape. It is the water we swim in as investors, so we should…Read More

Managing Your Cash to the Max
July 27, 2021  | By Derek Ripp, CFP®, CEPA

AWM partner Derek Ripp, CFP® recently authored this piece for Kiplinger on how much cash to hold, where to keep it, and strategies to get the most out of it. Read the excerpt below and full article here. If the…Read More

Game Stop Lessons
February 15, 2021  | By Kevin Smith, CFA

You may have read a dozen articles about Game Stop last week, or maybe none, but you probably heard the buzz: regular folks getting rich and hedge funds losing billions. There is much to learn from the story that created…Read More

Tesla in the S&P 500
December 30, 2020  | By Kevin Smith, CFA

When you hear someone reference “the market”, they probably mean the S&P 500 index, at least here in the United States. It is a list of 500 companies (actually 505) selected by the US Index Committee that are meant to…Read More

Introducing My Kids to Investing
December 29, 2020  | By Kevin Smith, CFA

My kids are 3, 7, and 9. The first money concept I tried to teach them is that money does not fall from the sky, but Congress and the Federal Reserve keep proving me wrong. The older kids seem to…Read More

How I Invest My Money
December 11, 2020  | By Kevin Smith, CFA

I spend most of my time helping people think about their investing decisions and not much time on my own. An old saying goes “the cobbler’s son has the worst shoes in town”, or something like that. Rather than my…Read More