Plan For Life

How to Automate Your Finances in 5 Easy Steps

Remember in high school when you had to read The Odyssey? Homer’s epic told the story of Odysseus’...

Investing

Reduce Investing Anxiety by Focusing on This One Value

The first time I went deep-sea fishing I learned a valuable lesson about focus. A few miles out to...

Building Wealth

What You Need to Understand About Owning Bonds

Interest rates have been on the rise since 2013, but the latest move by the 10-year U.S. Treasury...

Building Wealth

Going Global: Olympic Lessons in Investing

 If you’re like me, the wrap up of this year’s Olympic games left you wondering: What do I watch on...

Achieving Goals

How to Prevent Lifestyle Creep

If you place your hand in a bowl of lukewarm water and start heating it, you’re unlikely to notice...

Achieving Goals

5 Advantages of Using Mutual Funds to Invest for Your Goals

I’ve always been a fan of simplicity. One of my goals in founding Plancorp in 1983 was to simplify...

Building Wealth

Court of Appeals Invalidates Fiduciary Rule. Is Your Advisor Putting You First?

I am thrilled that the fiduciary rule continues to be in the news. Sure, the Court's opinion is...

Plan For Life

How and Why I Gave My Four-Year-Old an Allowance

Last month, I started giving my four-year-old son an allowance.

Building Wealth

Women Are Better Savers than Men. Here's Why We Need to Invest, Too.

Picture yourself holding a crisp $100 bill in your hand. What sounds more appealing?