While we were all celebrating the holidays, Congress was busy making new tax laws and gifting us with approximately 100 new provisions to the Secure Act. Can’t you feel the legislative love?
In this episode, Emily Diaz, MAcc, CPA, CFP®, and Zach Binzer, CFP®, discuss the myriad of changes to the Secure Act and how they could be significant to you.
Emily and Zach share more about:
Secure 1.0 vs. Secure 2.0
Changes to RMD ages
Changes to contribution limits on retirement accounts
What has your money done for you lately? The times are changing and interest rates are rising.
In this episode, Thom Guidi, CFA, talks about ways to put your cash to work, whether that’s money you have set aside for an emergency or cash saved for spending you anticipate in the next year or so.
Thom shares more about:
Why cash yields are a topic of conversation right now
Sometimes two is better than one, and that’s the philosophy at Foster and Motley, where financial planners and investment managers work side by side with you.
In this episode, David Nienaber, MBA, CPA, CFP®, and Ryan English, MBA, CFA, CPA, CFP®, discuss how their dual-advisor approach helps ensure their advice truly is personalized to each client’s unique circumstances and goals.
David and Ryan share more about:
How financial planning and investment management are different but complementary professions
The Power of &
Ways the dual-advisor approach benefits the client
Mark Motley knows that a solid organization, and mission, is never built out of a place of scarcity. He also knows that no matter how deep your experience, or broad your connections, nothing replaces relationships and a model built upon serving people. When Mark Motley and Dave Foster founded Foster & Motley in 1996, they brought together their expertise in the areas of financial planning and investments, but mostly, they were united in the idea that clients could be served in a way that is both practical and compassionate. They haven’t looked back since. As a young man, Mark got in the trenches serving people when he spent two years on a church mission to Northeastern Brazil. After his experience there, he went on to the University of Kentucky and then to the largest bank in central Kentucky, First Security Bank, where he served as a vice president and trust investment officer for more than six years. During his time there, he obtained the CFA® designation and rose to be the number two investment person in the $1.2 billion trust department. Following that, it was on to Bartlett & Co. in Cincinnati, before the founding of Foster & Motley.
Behavioral finance is an intangible topic that has to do with more of an investor’s underlying tendencies or biases, not necessarily the evaluation of an investment based on quantitative or qualitative aspects of a company.
In this episode, Nick Roth, CFP®, and Ryan English, MBA, CFA, CPA, CFP®, talk about the seven common biases that can influence your investment decisions. Understanding these can help investors understand why utilizing an advisor is beneficial.
Nick and Ryan share more about:
The meaning of behavioral finance
Common biases to be aware of
How your biases can result in decisions that negatively affect your future
When the markets are down, there may still be opportunities.
In this episode, Joe Patterson, CFP®, discusses a few ways that you can make the most of the current market environment. He touches on tax planning, distribution scheduling and more.
Joe also discusses:
Opportunities for implementation of tax loss harvesting
Why this might be a good time to evaluate Roth conversions
So you think your investments are doing well, or perhaps you think they are performing poorly. But compared to what?
In this episode, Thom Guidi, CFA, explains what a benchmark is and shares some examples. He also talks about why it’s important to review your performance compared to benchmarks.
Thom shares more about:
Why benchmarks are important
What types of benchmarks Foster & Motley uses and why
Foster & Motley’s approach to performance presentations
