The other day, I got a call from my daughter, who just started her first year of college in Tennessee. She was buzzing with excitement telling me how much she was enjoying her first week of classes. She’s majoring…
Most people have heard the terms bull market and bear market, but fewer know where the names come from. As a local and remote financial advisor and educator, I like to to use analogies. Here s a quick overview before we…
On a hike through the Beartooth wilderness, I came across a dry riverbed. The stones were perfectly rounded, shaped by thousands of years of water rushing over them. You could almost hear the ghost of the river that had…
If you want to get good at marketing especially digital marketing you need to understand the AIDA funnel. AIDA stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action, and it’s the core framework behind how people make buying decisions.You ve been through it yourself, whether…
If you’re a high-income solopreneur or small business owner with just a handful of employees, a traditional IRA OR ROTH IRA isn t going to cut it if you want to save on taxes and maximize retirement savings. With contribution…
I am a financial advisor working locally in both Maine and Montana two places where the wild still runs free. My wife and I spend as much time as we can exploring Acadia, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, soaking in the…
I ve lived in Maine since I was four, but in October 2024 I bought a townhouse in Bozeman, Montana. If you re curious why, you can read more here.) This is the first post in a new series I m calling Maine…
On a recent trip between Portland, Maine and Bozeman, Montana, I finally had the chance to watch the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin. It struck me as the perfect starting point for this new series “OUTLAW PROFILES” because Zeppelin wasn t just a…
We decided to hike Tumbledown Mountain a trail I knew well from my youth. Back then, I spent summers at Camp Lawroweld in Weld, Maine, on beautiful Webb Lake, and Tumbledown was practically part of camp life. This time, we checked…
It s not even 4AM yet and Creative Energy Wake-Up Syndrome has struck again. Why? Too many post ideas rising to the surface, demanding to be let out. So here I am, laptop in bed, no coffee yet, applying the 5AM…
