Spring Clean Your Financial Plan
You can’t have spring without spring cleaning. As you tackle your home, yard, and other spaces this year, your financial plan might also need to be spruced up. Here are a few tips to clean up your financial plan this spring.
The Two Most Important Questions to Answer When Choosing a Financial Advisor
In working with over a hundred prospective clients in the past five and a half years, I’ve found that these are the two most important questions you need to ask yourself...
A Missed Vikings Game and My Emotional Spending
My husband and I bought tickets to see the Vikings play their final game of the regular season. We wanted to do something fun during the dark and cold days of January, and we wanted to do it together, without the kids. But...
Foster Group Announces Six New Shareholders
Chart of the Month – Mar 2022
Are you feeling the pain at the pump? What is driving oil prices higher?
The Secret to Increasing Your Fitness Level and Net Worth
Are you really saving as much as you could without someone pushing you? Are you really investing in the most appropriate manner without someone advising you? Are you really on track toward financial independence at the earliest age possible without someone mapping out the path?
The War in Ukraine | Financial Perspectives
Accountability: The Key to Unlocking Financial Independence
For more than 20 years, I ran competitively. Last year, I spent three to four months training consistently and failed to reach one of my goals.
More Stimulus Aid on the Horizon
On January 14th, President Biden presented his plan, titled the American Rescue Plan, for the next round of economic aid related to the ongoing pandemic.
January 25, 2021 Financial Perspectives
Round Two: Stimulus Aid Arrives
The aid package was just one part of a larger funding bill, and it contained many provisions, most notably an additional round of direct payments to Americans.
January 11, 2021 Financial Perspectives
Preparing Your Own Tax Return: Is It Worth It?
Guest Blogger Eric Wahlstrom, CPA. With easy access to online or off-the-shelf software, preparing your own tax return is often appealing as an affordable, logical option.
5 Investor Lessons Courtesy of COVID-19
2020 is a year we’ll all remember though in many ways we want to forget it.
2020 Foster Group Year-In-Review
This year came with a few surprises, to say the least. We didn't let that stop us from pursuing our goal of Truly Caring For our clients, our communities, and our team.
The Challenge of Entering a Bull Market
A Q&A with Senior Lead Advisor, Phil Kruzan.
Georgia, Political Majorities, & Markets
Unprecedented! That word had been used ad nauseam in 2020.
December 21st, 2020 Financial Perspectives
4:09 – Bitcoin and Tesla Market Performance
5:00 – Bitcoin: What is it?
9:08 – Bitcoin Risks
Are You Really Ready to Exit Your Business?
It’s one thing to turn in the office keys and ride off into the sunset as a former W-2 employee, but what about those who started and built businesses?
The Invisible Tax
One of the things married couples often do not consider in their planning is what I like to call the “Invisible Tax.”