Life is an endurance event. What if the right clarity, plan and support made impossible goals possible? State what you want and play to your strengths. If you are committed and coachable, the limits are few. I’ve experienced this firsthand on my journey of training and qualifying for the 2020 Kona Ironman Triathlon Championships [Read More]
The upcoming presidential election brings with it much speculation about the tax policy and market implications of the outcome. We don’t recommend changing your plans based on educated guesses about how tax policy may change once the election is behind us. However, it does make sense to consider how changes may affect your planning [Read More]
You may be seeing a lot of your kids these days, and you may continue to as you navigate the hybrid solutions of “back-to-school” this year. For many business owners during this pandemic, balancing the new family dynamics with unexpected business challenges has been difficult. While not for every business, one solution to ease [Read More]
Do you self-diagnose as having “Peak Busyness?” A common condition among successful business owners and leaders, this midlife ailment can sneak up on you and cause havoc. While not an actual medical syndrome (yet!), its symptoms may keep you from enjoying the life you have built, so it might be helpful to take a [Read More]
The decision to take on debt is a significant one for any business in normal times. For businesses severely affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, debt-use consideration takes on heightened importance. If your business is able to borrow or had credit lines available to draw down, the question becomes how to best use those funds to shore [Read More]
Sometimes we have to change the investments we hold in our clients’ portfolios. We’ve talked about rebalancing and tax loss harvesting as ways to keep portfolios’ allocation in check and lower tax bills, but what happens when a specific investment manager of a mutual fund or other vehicles needs a change? How do we decide [Read More]
Every quarter we send a letter to our clients to set context around recent market activity. This quarter, we are posting our letter here since it offers some reminders about how our experience and contingency planning get us through difficult times that we feel may benefit everyone. These past several weeks have reminded us [Read More]
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the term rebalancing now extends past investment portfolios as we all rebalance our lives around staying at home, creatively social distancing, and protecting our health. It is a rebalancing act that people did not anticipate; we're all learning lessons that will linger on once this crisis is [Read More]
Business owners, especially smaller employers, now have more incentives and options to offer retirement savings plan. Individuals have additional opportunities to grow their retirement savings. Signed in to law by the President on December 20, 2019, The SECURE Act (‘Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement”) brings the most significant pension reform in more [Read More]
Preparing your business for a natural disaster is as critical as preparing your home, yet many business owners do not have an emergency plan in place. In the Bay Area, earthquakes are a constant threat with no advanced warning, and the “new normal” of California fire season reminds us how devastating nature can be. [Read More]
The Advisory Group of San Francisco celebrates over 20 years of helping our clients secure their financial independence. As a pioneer in the industry, we are one of the first independent fee-only financial advice firms in the U.S. We’ve been true fiduciaries since the beginning.
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