Financial Planning

  January is here, which means Christmas is over. But debt still lingers long after the bells stop jingling. John Moore Associate’s Brian Cochran discusses how to look at debt, how you can mitigate it, and why borrowing isn’t a sin. Any opinions are those of Brian Cochran and not necessarily those of Raymond James….

The new decade brings with it new laws. Congress passed the SECURE Act in late December, which includes many impactful reforms for retirement plans, along with a few ancillary tax updates and extensions. The SECURE Act will touch most American families in one way or another. Rather than try to relay all of the changes…

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” -Meister Eckhart I was recently asked, “What is the most common mistake you see when advising families with their personal finances?” I thought back on all the wild decisions and unusual behaviors I’ve witnessed over the years. While many of those…

Flexing Your Finance Muscles Brian Cochran, Financial Planner at John Moore Associates, talks about how personal finance is a lot like personal health, when it’s a good time to hire a financial “personal trainer,” and the two crucial things you should be doing when you receive money. The podcast can currently be heard at: https://abqconnect.online/brian-cochran/…

If we have a recession in the next year, it will be the first one that everyone saw coming. Everywhere I go, people are talking about “this recession,” “the coming recession” or “Trump’s recession.” It is almost as if a press release was sent out by the economy announcing a recession is scheduled to occur…