Posts by Financial Design Studio, Inc.
Skills That Are Always In Demand [Video]
How often do you daydream in your head a job that you think would be really cool? Or maybe you dreamed about being a professional athlete? And maybe some of you had the skills that you could have done that. But you just missed an opportunity, or didn’t quite make the cut. There are things…
Read MoreSummer School
Summer School School is out for the year and your summer fun has probably already started! Remember before school ended that the teachers were telling you to keep reading or practicing something over the summer? There are statistics that show how important it is for kids to continue reading every day even during the summer…
Read MoreIt’s Not Typical: This Recent Financial High
Are you riding this week’s financial high? Remember these second chances we’ve discussed that you’re being given to make any allocation changes necessary to adjust your risk for volatility you don’t like to see. And maybe you’ve seen the past few days of gains the market has continued in. With the market near it’s high,…
Read More[Video] Implementing A [Jerry] Seinfeld Strategy
STEPHEN SMALENBERGER, EA ® Jerry Seinfeld– he’s one of the most successful comedians of all time. Whether you judge him based on his popularity, his critical acclaim, his longstanding sitcom, or just his funny jokes –he always produced. And he produced consistently. It’s documented that a young comedian met him backstage, and simply asked a…
Read MoreChina Trade Festering + How Are Gold Investments Performing?
Over the last several weeks as trade tensions with China have started to fester again, we’ve mentioned that if you don’t like the volatility you should make some changes. Let’s talk about what some of those changes can be (including Gold investments). Ultimately, whatever changes you make will all be specific to your situation. Safer…
Read More[Video] How Do You Communicate?
MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP ® How do you communicate with other people? And better yet, how do you communicate with your financial adviser? Are you in a meeting and you ask a question and then they answer back. This might seem simple, but this process of information going back and forth is communication. Do you share…
Read More