House or lottery ticket?

By: Laura Walton AFC® The headline caught my attention. A long-standing cornerstone of the American Dream has been owning a home. Dreams are powerful, but current generations are rethinking this one. The article, by Liz Weston writing for Nerd Wallet, gives two examples. Perhaps you read recently that Warren Buffett’s Laguna Beach home is for sale for…

3rd Decade In The News

In your 20s with moderate income prospects? This personal-finance program is for you

Russ Wiles, The Republic | azcentral.com | It’s the most critical time to maximize your opportunities and plan for future financial success,” said Bob Swift, founder of TCI Wealth Advisors, an investment-management firm with offices in Arizona and four neighboring states. “People in their 20s have an asset, time, that they can’t afford to waste,”…

Hip hip hooray!

By: Laura Walton AFC® Join us in celebrating the graduation of our first two 3rd Decade classes! March 29th marked the first formal graduation from the 3rd Decade program for some forty individuals. Successful completion included attending all four classes, two one-on-one advisory sessions and passing the final exam. Those who did so were rewarded with a check…

Scarcity

By: Laura Walton AFC® When something in our lives is scarce, we tend to focus on it. That focus can be both good and bad. I frequently catch Shankar Vedantam’s excerpt from his website, Hidden Brain, on NRP. A recent piece on scarcity attracted my attention. In economic terms, scarcity concentrates demand on fewer resources which,…