We’ve all heard of the power of positive thinking, but imagining failure is one of your best tools for achieving financial planning success. Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation, explains this week on WBIR. IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE A SOUND, LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PLAN… You need to stick to that
When is it time to unload a mutual fund? When is it prudent to stick with a poor performing fund? Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain has FIVE year-end house-cleaning tips for your mutual fund investments this week on WBIR. PAUL, WHY DO INVESTORS STICK WITH LOUSY FUNDS? “It was good to me once.” If you
This week on WBIR’s Sunday Money a viewer asks, should I save for my daughter’s college or for my retirement? Let’s ask our moneyman, Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation. PAUL, WHAT IS THE HIGHER PRIORITY: DO YOU SAVE FOR COLLEGE OR FOR RETIREMENT? Save for retirement It’s OK not selfish Ultimately, thoughtful BUT
Social Security, Open Enrollment, and the Stock Market – Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President of Asset Planning Corporation, has a grab bag of current events and news affecting your finances this week on WBIR’s Sunday Money. WHAT IS MAKING HEADLINES RIGHT NOW? Social Security announced a Cost Of Living Adjustment: 1.6% benefit
PAUL FAIN: PLAN FOR THE BEST, PREPARE FOR THE WORST With year-end fast approaching, what is on your “to-do” list? Perhaps more importantly, what should be on your to-do list for the remainder of 2019? Plan for the best, prepare for the worst. At least annually, or as life circumstances change, review your various insurance
This week we’ve got a question from a viewer. A viewer writes, “Our grandson is a freshman at UT and he wants to invest in the stock market – should I be concerned?” Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President of Asset Planning Corporation, answers this interesting question about investing in the stock market
Brokerage giant Charles Schwab & Company may have just changed access to the stock market forever. The giant custodian just announced that it was eliminating all trading commissions on stocks and Exchange-Traded Funds also known as ETF’s. Is this as good as it sounds for YOUR money? Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President
ASSISTING CLIENTS WITH GOOD FORTUNE ASSET PLANNING CORPORATION’S SUZANNE HIMES, CFP® HIGHLIGHTED IN “WOMEN IN BUSINESS” As Suzanne Himes, CFP®, with Asset Planning Corporation at 234 S. Peters Road, Knoxville, looks upon her 20 years in financial planning, she knows she has been fortunate. “I’ve been very lucky to have always had the support to
Decluttering is certainly a popular concept these days. So why not go all “Marie Kondo” on your finances? What should you keep, pitch, or consolidate? Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President of Asset Planning Corporation, has some tips for how to declutter your finances this week on WBIR’s Sunday Money. THE STUFF JUST
FOUNDER OF FINANCIAL PLANNING HONORED FOR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF CFP DESIGNATION ASSET PLANNING CORPORATION’S P. KEMP FAIN JR. MENTIONED IN INVESTMENT NEWS ARTICLE Knoxville, Tennessee, September 19, 2019 – It seems appropriate that on the 50th anniversary of financial planning that one local businessman’s contribution to a new movement and professional designation should be