InSight

Month: December 2020

Investment Bias: Endowment Effect

This is the belief that you own a “winner” and you will keep that winner for reasons that aren’t justified by the return. Owning companies is fun, and investors like to celebrate their victory over the market by stashing great

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Investment Bias: Loss Aversion

Loss aversion is the tendency for people to strongly prefer avoiding losses at the detriment to obtaining gains. This puts an unnecessary fear on an investment not supported by the risk prima. This might be one of the most common

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Investment Bias: Anchoring

Everyone has heard a mantra about first impressions and their lasting impact. That works for investors too. Because our brains thrive on recognizing patterns and the relationship one element has with another. This mental phenomena is called anchoring.  This want

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Mental Health
Articles
Kevin Taylor

Money Stress and the Impact on Your Health

No one likes stress. Its impact on our decisions and relationships is bad, but the effect on our health can be permanent. We have all felt the effect of money stress, but often it’s only after the fact, or after

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Market InSights
Kevin Taylor

There Is Too Much Money

You read that right, there is simply too much cash in the capital markets to not see a handful of effects that could impact your investments and plan. The supply of money floating around is massive right now. There is

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Definitions: Fiduciary

A fiduciary is a person or organization that acts on behalf of another person or persons. They at all times must put their clients’ interest ahead of their own. Being a fiduciary thus requires being bound both legally and ethically

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spending
Articles
Peter Locke

A December to Remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxEYou may have heard some of these eye catching sales promotions where a guy buys a new car and puts a giant bow on it to surprise his wife. First, under no circumstances should you buy a $50k car without

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Definitions: Inflation

Inflation is a measurement of the rise in the cost of goods and services. Thus the inflation rate is the decline of the purchasing power of your money over time. So over time your money simply can buy less.  Several

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Inflation
Articles
Kevin Taylor

Four Things That Actually Matter With Inflation

Inflation is simply the rising costs of goods and services over time. It’s an important part of the planning process to make assumptions about buying power over time. It allows you to know how to budget your money using a

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Tax Free Rental Income 
Articles
Kevin Taylor

How To: Get Tax Free Rental Income 

Let’s paint a picture of what that world might look like if you could successfully put a rental property into a Roth account. With a Roth, growth in the value of the assets is tax free and the income that

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Definitions: Cash Flow

Cash flow is for us the best leading indicator of the success of a business or a personal balance sheet. Cash flow math is simple, revenue (income) minus outflow (expense) equals cash flow. This amount in surplus to outflow allows

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