Time to fire your financial advisor?

Brian Fricke, CFP®Financial Planning, Retirement Planning

As you’re reviewing your investment results from the previous year, you might be wondering if you should fire your advisor. Even great investment returns don’t mean your advisor has delivered enough value to justify keeping them on the payroll. Here are 4 questions to ask yourself to help you decide if it’s time to fire your advisor.

A simple way to see how much you really spend each year

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement Planning

You’d be surprised at how many retirees really don’t have a good idea of how much they’re spending each year. Let’s face it, keeping a budget and tracking how much you spend isn’t a whole lot of fun. Here’s a quick and easy way to find out how much you are spending.

Are you making this mistake with your investment returns?

Brian Fricke, CFP®Investing

The beginning of a new year is when everyone seems to look back at how their investments have performed. But you need to be careful at HOW you look at your investments returns, or it could cause you to make some poor decisions. A very common mistake is…