Words of Candor

Investopedia defines a financial advisor as someone who “provides financial advice or guidance to customers for compensation. Financial advisors can provide many services, such as investment management, tax planning, and estate planning. Increasingly, financial advisors are providing a range of services from portfolio management to insurance products as a one-stop-shop.”
With the uncertainty of our current circumstances, it’s impossible not to experience some level of fear. And while we can’t prevent feeling it, we can prevent it from controlling us.
Recently I sat down with some clients who own their own business, and let me know they were working on outsourcing and automating a number of things within their business so they could take a step back. Then they asked, “Now what?”
There is an enormous amount of research concerning the psychology of money, and to me, the most fascinating research surrounds our spending habits, in particular how they change between using cash versus credit cards.