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Often I get asked, "how do you get paid?" Most financial professionals talk about how important it is to have a financial plan, but then turn around and offer a "free plan" with an end game already in mind. At Drucker Wealth we are so committed to our financial planning process and know how much value our clients will derive from every step of our process and that is exactly why charge for it!
Understanding the difference between volatility and risk is the single most important idea for us young people to understand as the stock market (and the economy) are going crazy all around us. The market right now is EXTREMELY volatile...I'm speaking with clients all day and believe me, it's scary out there. We all just need to hold onto one truth: market volatility is normal and so are market corrections! Understanding that nothing has changed for you as a long term investor will give you the fortitude and the faith to keep holding on...which is the single best decision you can make for your financial future right now.
I can't think of a better, more meaningful time to appreciate the inevitable upward trajectory of the stock market (and the economy at large) than right now...when it all looks so bleak!! Knowing these truths, and acting upon them, when everything around us seems to be crumbling will give us the power and conviction to get through it not just this time around...but every time after this too! The next few months are going to suck. Companies will be temporarily thrown off their game. The economy will lag. And then all of a sudden, they won't. They'll adapt. The economy will rebound. And the world will advance beyond this. it is the only way. There is nothing on Earth I'm more confident in.
Many of us are living through our first REAL stock market meltdown. For myself & most of my 30-40 year old clients, we either weren't out of college yet or we weren't making enough money (and didn't have enough money certainly!) for the pain to really reach us on a physical and emotional level. So this all feels new...which makes it feel even scarier and more unnerving. I get it...and you're not wrong...it is both of those things! But, please, take the time to ask your parents what they did in 2008...and knowing what came after, what they would have changed in their investment behavior if they could? And read my post below...because, trust me, it seemed like the world was coming to an end back then...and then it didn't. This too shall pass.
Where do you set aside the money you’re saving for retirement? You likely save for retirement primarily through an employer’s retirement plan. Unfortunately, less than one-half of private sector employers sponsor retirement plans. In part, that may be because of a misconception among smaller employers that think sponsoring a retirement plan is too expensive.The fact is there are workplace retirement plans developed specifically for smaller employers.
Financial procrastination is when you have financial obligations and moves to make, but you put those decisions aside on a continuous basis. For instance – you know you need to balance your checkbook, but you continue waiting until things are going wrong. Or, you may have student loans and need to apply for a deferment but you let the time-lapse and end up in the credit bureau.
As HENRYS (high earners, not rich yet) continue to contemplate their big city life over fleeing to the suburbs there are several questions that should first be considered. If you are one of these people who have started wondering whether you should continue to rent or take the steps necessary to purchase a home, keep reading.
I explain, in the excerpt below, a bit about my own financial plan and how I'm thinking about my own investments, time horizon, and future. Well, I'm writing this on March 24th, as the stock market has gotten relentlessly pounded for two weeks straight. It's brutal. Have I changed my tune from what you're about to read? Not even a little. Over the past two weeks, I've added MORE money into all of my investment accounts because I see this as an opportunity...great companies are on sale! Compared to 3 months ago- because the market is down so much- I'm able to buy more shares with the exact same dollar amount! So, (as long as I have the cash flow and don't need the money in the near term) Sign me up! Here's why time is on my side...
Writing about whether the next stock market correction would come in 6 weeks or 6 months (below)...I had no idea how real my words would soon become. It's actually chilling to think back to when I wrote about what we're currently living through as merely a distant hypothetical. And yet...nothing has changed. So yes, we're in a devastating stretch...it could go on for the next month or for the next 22 months...I have no idea. But here is what I know...This TOO SHALL PASS. As every single market crisis has before. The words below are just as true as when I wrote them 6 weeks ago...but they are about 1000 times more important to believe in your heart today.
Do you watch the weather channel all day when you see sun and clear skies for the weekend forecast? My guess is probably not. Why am I asking you this? Because similarly in the financial world the TV talking heads, magazines, fund managers, guest economists on the CNBC panel, and the like, have no vested interest in sharing the sort of behavior driven and common-sense financial planning tips that we share with our clients.
The past 7 years the markets have been so consistently positive with little volatility that any downturn now seems apocalyptic. We’ve gotten too comfortable. Market volatility is normal. From 1980 through 2016, as an example, the S&P 500 has had an average inter-year swing of 14% annually! In other words, stuff goes up and down, a lot.