Incentives for Wellness
As we pointed out in out our post on the cost of health care, getting healthcare costs under control is by far the number one thing we need to do for the long term fiscal health of our nation. The…
FSI Participates in O’Berry Center Golf Tournament
2011 marks the fourth year that Financial Symmetry partners have played in (and sponsored) the O’Berry Center Foundation Golf Tournament. This year, Chad Smith, CFP, and Bill Ramsay, CFP, along with two guests participated in the Foundation’s 19th annual event…
Clunker Nation
In a previous post, we discussed the current under building of residential housing units and how the longer that goes on the more demand for new home construction builds. A similar situation is occurring with our vehicle fleet in this…
How’s Your Budgeting Coming Along?
So you’ve started tracking your budget, congratulations! But now, you may be second-guessing a few of your category choices, or find yourself going over-budget each month. We’ve compiled a few ideas to try to help you get back on track….
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest of them All?
When it comes to investment markets, determining “The Fairest of them All” depends not just on where you are investing, but also on the initial conditions. We’re going to look at two different time periods to get a sense of…
Whither Housing?
As we saw with our last post, residential construction is far and away the biggest economic problem for the US right now. So it only stands to reason that the economy isn’t likely to get back to full strength until…
Why aren’t there more Jobs?
This is a good look at some major components of the US economy over the last 16 years. There are a few insights that are particularly meaningful in understanding why overall job growth has continued to be disappointing. Two of…
Bang for your College Buck
Over the summer I wrote about the return on investment of a college education. While a college graduate on average earns $20k more per year than a non-graduate, a bachelor’s degree may not be the only way to achieve a…
Cameron Hendricks joins Financial Symmetry
Financial Symmetry recently expanded our Operations Department by adding Cameron Hendricks to our team as our new Data Specialist. Cameron joins the firm after participating in FSI’s financial planning internship program in the spring of 2010. He recently graduated from…
The Confidence that comes from Experience
Recently we’ve been asked how we can be confident about investing when the world seems so uncertain. It’s because we’ve been through rough times before, which helps us understand that short term losses are not an indication of long term…
