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What’s an Investor to Do?

Steven BriggsSeptember 30, 2019Investment Management, Money is PersonalLeave a Comment

When You Get Nervous About the Market, Do This!

Steven BriggsAugust 19, 2019Behavioral Finance, Investment Management, Money is PersonalLeave a Comment

Four HUGE Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Investments

Steven BriggsJuly 22, 2019Investment Management, Money is PersonalLeave a Comment

6 Things You Must Address When Hiring a Friend or Family Member

Steven BriggsJune 19, 2019Financial Planning, Investment Management, Services, The Briggs BlogLeave a Comment

We love doing business with people we trust, and our family and friends are the people we tend to trust the most. When it comes to doing business, particularly if it is work that is sensitive and requires a high degree of trust, it makes sense that we would gravitate toward a family member, a personal friend, or a referral … Read More

Handling Headline Headaches as a Long-Term Investor

Steven BriggsJune 17, 2019Behavioral Finance, Investment Management, Money is PersonalLeave a Comment

Fed Up With Fees

Steven BriggsApril 8, 2019Investment Management, Money is PersonalLeave a Comment

2018 Happened. 4 Ideas on Where We Go From Here

Steven BriggsDecember 6, 2018Financial Planning, Investment Management, The Briggs BlogLeave a Comment

The economy continues to make substantial strides as consumer confidence and manufacturing grow in step. The House of Representatives flipped 40 seats to the Democrats along with a bevy of state governorships. Consistent policies of tightening interest rates are acted upon globally, led by our own Federal Reserve. Tariff talks have jostled stocks more than landing into O’Hare on a … Read More

HSA’s are Powerful and Entirely Misunderstood

Steven BriggsMay 31, 2018Financial Planning, Investment Management, The Briggs BlogLeave a Comment

With health care costs on the rise, will you be able to keep up? Our health and the cost of health care are some of the greatest risks to building and maintaining wealth in this generation. Medical debt accounts for more bankruptcies than any other financial event. Moreover, according to recent data from the Social Security Administration, a married couple … Read More

Qualified Retirement Contribution Day is Just 50 Days Away! Are you Celebrating?

Steven BriggsFebruary 26, 2018Investment Management, The Briggs BlogLeave a Comment

There are special days for all sorts of things – National Pizza Day (February 9th – I had BBQ Chicken), International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th), and even International Tabletop Day (April 28th this year for you board gamers out there). So I am pleased to inform you that this year, April 17th is National Qualified Retirement Contribution … Read More

Don’t Get Emotional. Right.

Steven BriggsFebruary 11, 2018Financial Planning, Investment Management, The Briggs BlogLeave a Comment

By now, you have likely read headlines from the past week and a half talking about how the market has in a roller-coaster up and down. You may have heard one-liners such as “The Dow has moved 1,200 points this trading session” or CNBC’s weekend leading “Dow swings more than 22,000 points in wild week.” It’s pretty hard to ignore … Read More

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