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***The Power of Financial Coaching
We all know that the best of the best in any industry hire coaches. And the most financially successful have financial advisors. But bring these two disciplines together and magic happens! Financial coaches help you align your values and your money to bring about true fulfillment in your life. Want to take your business to the next level? Or start that business you’ve always dreamed of owning? Or create wealth with true meaning behind it -- not just accumulating money for money’s sake. Do you have aspirations of becoming a philanthropist?
***Rebalancing
After all the ups and downs in the market over the last couple of years, it's important that you review your investment accounts to make sure you are not taking more risk than you should be. We've seen dramatic growth in international and emerging market stocks and stock funds. If you hold these asset classes, it is likely that you have more invested in them right now that you should due to their tremendous growth of late. The emerging markets fund that JATAJ Wealth Management uses, for example, was up over 83.58% in 2009, while the international developed fund we use was up over 39%.
***Invest For Your Wealth, Invest IN Your Health
As the Investment Guide at SelfGrowth.com, you probably wouldn’t expect to see an article talking about your health, but health care costs can impact a person’s financial plan more than any other single item. Yet how many of us are formally investing in our wellness? Is wellness a category in your budget? I believe it should be.
***The Six Most Important Things to Know When Investing Your Hard Earned Dollars
(an except from the book “Finding Financial Fulfillment, for a Life Filled with Money and Meaning,” by Janet Tyler Johnson, CFP®) There is a tremendous amount of information available today on how to manage your investments. I’ve worked in several areas of the financial services industry in my career and would like to acquaint you with some general truths. I’d also like to disclose that I have in the past, and still at present, manage assets for a fee for clients. Let me say from the beginning here that there is no one “best” way to manage your assets.
Asset Allocation -- Why Is It Important To You?
“Asset Allocation” is a term that defines the way you divide your assets between rnvarious asset classes such as stocks, bonds and cash. Why is this important? Well, academics have studied the effects of various asset allocations on your total return and have concluded that over 90% of the return you earn on your investments is determined by your asset allocation. Let me give you an example. If you earned 10% on your investments in any given year, over 90% of that 10% (9%) came from how much you had invested in stocks, how much in bonds and how much in cash.