E9: Investment Planning Strategies

Executive Summary On this episode of Financial Discretion Advised, Tyler and Abrin tackle Investment Planning Strategies.   Getting on a Routine Investment Plan   Abrin explains how creating a routine investment plan can help set you up for success. By setting up automatic contributions, you can start the “baby steps” to building your investments. Tyler mentions that […]

E8: Roth Conversions

Executive Summary On this episode of Financial Discretion Advised, hosts Abrin and Tyler bring on Craig Joncas to discuss the ever-popular financial strategy of Roth Conversions. Craig is one of the managing partners of Penobscot Financial Advisors and has over a decade of experience in the field.   Traditional IRA vs Roth IRA   Abrin starts the show off by describing […]

The stock market isn’t the economy, and the S&P 500 isn’t the stock market.

Even if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is what people refer to when they talk about ‘the market’.  The Standard and Poors 500 index has long been the ‘go-to’ measurement of the US stock market.  More frequently on the ‘serious’ finance media, ‘the market’ that is referred to is the S&P 500. The rationale is […]