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Investor Behavior: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

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Your poor investment returns may be entirely your fault! I say that tongue in cheek but Dalbar’s Quantitaive Analysis of Investor Behavior study shows how poorly investors perform relative to benchmarks and the reasons for that underperformance. DALBAR publishes a...

An Investment Strategy with Downside Risk Protection 

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If the market returns around 9% on average why would I need downside risk protection? And, what is that exactly? While the market may average 9% annual return you aren’t getting that. First, no one can achieve the average, only the returns that make up the average....

How a Healthy Lifestyle Affects Your Financial Future

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As financial consultants, we spend a lot of time focused on the health of your financial accounts. We take deep looks at your rates of return, cash flow, investment mix, and more to determine the ideal financial model for building your life. But we don’t often talk...

The Rules of Financial Balancing

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Achieving financial balance is no easy feat, but it provides countless benefits to your life in personal finance and beyond. Following the rules of financial balancing helps reduce your reliance on your paycheck and removes the fear and uncertainty that comes with...

How Volatility Affects Investment Success

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You don’t have to be a financial planner or analyst to know that the stock market ebbs and flows. But it would be wise to know why this phenomenon, known as volatility, happens and what it means for your investment success. Let’s start with the basics. What is...

What Will Your Financial Legacy Be?

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So much literature surrounding financial health is focused on the grind of building balances, eliminating debt, and taking advantage of favorable markets. When is the last time you stopped to ask yourself “What does my eventual retirement mean for future generations?”...

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Did you know you can use the money in your life insurance policy while you're still alive? Learn how to become the beneficiary of your policy and start living the life YOU want!

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Measure Your Net Worth

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Cash Flow Exercise

You can't move forward with building and securing your wealth if you don't understand what's coming in and where your funds are allocated. Financial organization is crucial. This exercise will help you set the groundwork for an organized and powerful financial future.

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10 Biggest Wealth Eroding Factors

Traditional thinking can keep your money blind to the things that can hurt it the most. You need to know what these wealth eroding factors are and how to mitigate them.

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Risk Tolerance Quiz

How willing are you to accept risk in your investment/retirement savings?

Find out by taking this quiz to understand your personal tolerance for investment risk. This is one of the fundamental issues to consider when planning your investment strategy, either alone or in consultation with your professional financial advisor.

Choose the option that best describes you. There are no “right” or “wrong” answers.

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In general, how would your best friend describe you as a risk taker?
- A real gambler
- Willing to take risks after completing adequate research
- Cautious
- A real risk avoider
You are on a TV game show and can choose one of the following. Which would you take?
- $1,000 in cash
- A 50% chance at winning $5,000
- A 25% chance at winning $10,000
- A 5% chance at winning $100,000
You have just finished saving for a “once-in-a-lifetime” vacation. Three weeks before you plan to leave, you lose your job. You would:
- Cancel the vacation
- Take a much more modest vacation
- Go as scheduled, reasoning that you need the time to prepare for a job search
- Extend your vacation, because this might be your last chance to go first-class
If you unexpectedly received $20,000 to invest, what would you do?
- Deposit it in a bank account, money market account, or an insured CD
- Invest it in safe high-quality bonds or bond mutual funds
- Invest it in stocks or stock mutual funds
In terms of experience, how comfortable are you investing in stocks or stock mutual funds?
- Not at all comfortable
- Somewhat comfortable
- Very comfortable
When you think of the word “risk” which of the following words comes to mind first?
- Loss
- Uncertainty
- Opportunity
- Thrill
Some experts are predicting prices of assets such as gold, jewels, collectibles, and real estate (hard assets) to increase in value; bond prices may fall, however, experts tend to agree that government bonds are relatively safe. Most of your investment assets are now in high interest government bonds. What would you do?
- Hold the bonds
- Sell the bonds; put half the proceeds into money market accounts, and the other half into hard assets
- Sell the bonds; and put the total proceeds into hard assets
- Sell the bonds; put all the money into hard assets; and borrow additional money to buy more
Given the best and worst case returns of the four investment choices below, which would you prefer?
- $200 gain best case; $0 gain/loss worst case
- $800 gain best case; $200 loss worst case
- $2,600 gain best case; $800 loss worst case
- $4,800 gain best case; $2,400 loss worst case
In addition to whatever you own, you have been given $1,000. You are now asked to choose between:
- A sure gain of $500
- A 50% chance to gain $1,000 and a 50% chance to gain nothing
In addition to whatever you own, you have been given $2,000. You are now asked to choose between:
- A sure loss of $500
- A 50% chance to lose $1,000 and a 50% chance to lose nothing
Suppose a relative left you an inheritance of $100,000, stipulating in the will that you invest ALL the money in ONE of the following choices. Which one would you select?
- A savings account or money market mutual fund
- A mutual fund that owns stocks and bonds
- A portfolio of 15 common stocks
- Commodities like gold, silver, and oil
If you had to invest $20,000, which of the following investment choices would you find most appealing?
- 60% in low-risk investments; 30% in medium-risk investments; 10% in high-risk investments
- 30% in low-risk investments; 40% in medium-risk investments; 30% in high-risk investments
- 10% in low-risk investments; 40% in medium-risk investments; 50% in high-risk investments
Your trusted friend and neighbor, an experienced geologist, is putting together a group of investors to fund an exploratory gold mining venture. The venture could pay back 50 to 100 times the investment if successful. If the mine is a bust, the entire investment is worthless. Your friend estimates the chance of success is only 20%. If you had the money, how much would you invest?
- Nothing
- One month’s salary
- Three month’s salary
- Six month’s salary
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Four Reasons Why a Financial Model Trumps a Financial Plan

Financial Model vs. Financial Plan

Let us teach you why traditional planning doesn't work. Download this ebook to learn all the ways an adaptive model trumps your existing plan and how a simple set of rules can change your life.

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Learn the Four Challenges to Building Wealth

Do you know the four unique challenges keeping you from building wealth? This ebook provides strategies for overcoming these challenges and a roadmap for building your financial future.

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Get a Free Investment Analysis

You're likely taking on more risk for lower returns with minimal downside risk protection with your current investment plan. Do you know how much you're spending on hidden costs and fees? Let us diagnose and pinpoint your specific plan's problems. A JarredBunch advisor will reach out to provide a FREE analysis of your investments and we'll show you how we invest differently.

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With a bit of background information, JarredBunch advisors will score your company's 401(k) plan, reach out to you with the results, and provide expert analysis with a preliminary plan for improvement.

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If you don't have a financial plan that accounts for every aspect of your life and your future, you're not reaching your full potential. We'll analyze your existing plan and tell you where you are now, where there's room to improve and recoup fees and costs, and we'll provide an outline you can use to reach your full financial potential.

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Investor Behavior: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

An Investment Strategy with Downside Risk Protection

How a Healthy Lifestyle Affects Your Financial Future

The Rules of Financial Balancing

How Volatility Affects Investment Success

What Will Your Financial Legacy Be?

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Next 100 Days

Live the Life You Want

Become the Beneficiary of Your Life Insurance

Measure Your Net Worth

Cash Flow Exercise

10 Biggest Wealth Eroding Factors

Risk Tolerance Quiz

401(k) X-Ray

Financial Model vs. Financial Plan

Learn the Four Challenges to Building Wealth

Get a Free Investment Analysis

Score My Plan

Free Financial Health Check-Up