Our 2021 Midyear Market Update

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® If we had felt in control of anything prior to the spring of 2020, the global pandemic loosened our grip—or broke it entirely. We were forced to pivot and adapt to changes [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® Just because 2020 is behind us and COVID-19 restrictions are easing doesn’t mean our worries are over. We’re all still feeling the long-lasting effects of the global [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® Few could imagine Apple’s wild success before 2001 when it released its iPod. Founded in Steve Jobs’s garage in 1976, Apple has enjoyed exponential growth over the last [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® With everything the past year has thrown at us, the last thing you probably feel like doing is thinking about taxes. But, like it or not, tax season is here, and the [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® Market declines are scary. Unfortunately, they’re inevitable, but with the right perspective, you don’t need to fear them. So the next time a market decline occurs, what [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® How often recently have you woken up worried or gone to bed at night with your mind racing? For most of us, our schedules have been turned upside down; we don’t know [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® This year has been one for the books. Most, if not all of us, have experienced canceled plans, work stoppages or adjustments, complicated family decisions, and (as if that [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® If you weren’t eager to retire when 2020 began, I’m willing to bet that as 2020 nears its end, you’re more ready than ever for a stress-free retirement. But how will the [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® Things have drastically changed for women in the past few decades. Women now make up 50% of the workforce, (1) and they are also starting to play an increasingly important [...]

By Michael Vaughn, CFP® Managing your finances on your own is hard enough, let alone working with someone else who has different opinions, financial habits, and ideas about the future. But if you [...]