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Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers Promotes Summit Puri to Co-Chief Investment Officer

Summit Puri obtains his CIMA designation and is promoted to Co-Chief Investment Officer at Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers

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April 2, 2025

Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers Promotes Summit Puri to Co-Chief Investment Officer

What is a Trust?

Introduction One topic that comes up very often during initial meetings with clients is whether or not they have a will or trust set up....

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March 31, 2025

What is a Trust?

Common Forms for Taxes

As we near the conclusion of this tax season, I have been reflecting on how confusing the tax process can be.  For those who don’t live...

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March 31, 2025

Common Forms for Taxes

How can I benefit from tax loss harvesting? - PART II

Last week, we took a look at tax loss harvesting  and reviewed how to avoid capital gains, but we also saw examples of how this could...

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March 24, 2025

How can I benefit from tax loss harvesting? - PART II

Reflections on My Visit to PIMCO’s Headquarters: Economic Insights and Investment Strategies

Reflections on my visit to PIMCO Headquarters - fixed income, trade policy and tariffs

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March 24, 2025

Reflections on My Visit to PIMCO’s Headquarters: Economic Insights and Investment Strategies

Financial Aid Chaos: What Is Going On?

March is supposed to bring college acceptance letters and financial aid offers, but instead, we’ve got a bit of a hot mess. First, there...

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March 17, 2025

Financial Aid Chaos: What Is Going On?

The Importance of Business Cycles in Financial Planning

When it comes to financial planning, it's important to recognize what we can and cannot control. We can control our own behavior, make...

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March 17, 2025

The Importance of Business Cycles in Financial Planning

All You Need to Know about PMI

Private Mortgage Insurance Saving for a house is a significant milestone that involves many moving parts and key factors to consider...

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March 17, 2025

All You Need to Know about PMI

The Importance of Beneficiaries

Life is filled with moments of change — from marriage and the birth of children to purchasing a new home or losing a loved one. Along...

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March 11, 2025

The Importance of Beneficiaries

How can I benefit from tax loss harvesting? - Part I

Let’s start with a working definition of tax loss harvesting. Investopedia defines it as the timely selling of securities at a loss to...

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March 11, 2025

How can I benefit from tax loss harvesting? - Part I

Combat Pay/Tax-Exempt Pay & Your TSP

Being in the United States Military has some perks. One of those is Combat Pay. If you are earning or have ever earned money while in a...

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March 5, 2025

Combat Pay/Tax-Exempt Pay & Your TSP

Budgeting: Monthly Cash Flow Planning

My wife and I have been following Dave Ramsey and Ramsey Solutions  for 30 years. We married at the age of 20 and found ourselves in a...

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March 5, 2025

Budgeting: Monthly Cash Flow Planning

Don’t Play ‘Retirement Roulette’

Managing the sequence of return risk in your retirement planning process I am not a gambler.  But I have seen it close enough to...

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February 25, 2025

Don’t Play ‘Retirement Roulette’

The Coefficient of Correlation

In previous posts, we’ve discussed how when we look at comparing returns, it is important to make sure that we compare like to like. For...

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February 25, 2025

The Coefficient of Correlation

The Overlooked Tax Credit: The Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit

Introduction Are you a homeowner? Did you install any new systems in your home during the past year (such as a water heater, skylight, a...

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February 20, 2025

The Overlooked Tax Credit: The Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit

How To Start Saving as a Young Adult

When starting a career as a young adult, it can often be challenging to understand the best ways to use your money. It can be...

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February 20, 2025

How To Start Saving as a Young Adult

Generational Wealth Transfer

Looking toward the future We are in the first innings of what will be the greatest transfer of wealth in US history. It is estimated that...

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February 3, 2025

Generational Wealth Transfer

Estate Planning: Wills and what you need to know about them

If you listen to The Dave Ramsey Show  for just one episode, it will become very apparent that he is very passionate about relaying the...

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February 3, 2025

Estate Planning: Wills and what you need to know about them

Tech and the S&P 500

The S&P 500, the key benchmark for the growth and growth and income portion of an investment portfolio, is comprised of eleven sectors,...

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January 27, 2025

Tech and the S&P 500

John-Mark Young Earns Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) Designation

John-Mark Young earns the ChFC designation from the American College of Financial Services

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January 24, 2025

John-Mark Young Earns Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) Designation
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