by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAIf you’re a novice investor — or you’re looking to brush up on a specific investing concept — this is the article for you. Savvy investing requires knowledge of several key financial concepts as well as an...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFANobody likes (or needs) to spend much time thinking about a possible future disaster. But sometimes an ounce of prevention is worth a lot more than a pound of cure. Losing precious documents to disasters such as theft, fire, earthquake or...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAYou’ve heard it ad infinitum, “Money can’t buy happiness.” Now there’s scientific data to give the old saw new teeth.University of Southern California economist Richard Easterlin surveyed 1,500 people over...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Sep 29, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAAre you thinking about buying a home? Here’s some expert adviceA lovely little house with a white picket fence and a husband to buy it for her used to be the average little girl’s fantasy, or so goes the stereotype. But these...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Sep 8, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAA survey of those who own mutual funds found about 40 per cent didn’t know the names of the funds they bought. Even if you are a pro when it comes to rattling off the latest mutual fund you purchased, you still may not have a clue...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Aug 4, 2014 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAGoing back to the early 2000s, our friends at Dalbar have been conducting a study to determine whether investors’ investment decisions impacts their investment performance. Unfortunately, it does. In a BIG way. As with every year’s study so...
