Financial Planning

Give, and You Will Receive

There’s such thing as buyer’s remorse, but never giver’s remorse. CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional Brian Cochran, of John Moore Associates, explains how you should give now to reap the benefits, how your money isn’t actually yours to begin with, and how it’s never too early- or too late- to start giving. This material is being…

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The Risk of Doing Nothing

“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…

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Get Financially Fit – Financial Health with Brian Cochran

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/…

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Recession Reality Check

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…

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Slinging Junk Food

They say no news is good news. I believe that no news outlets are good news outlets, either. Most of the major national media companies are not your friend. In fact, I’ll go so far to say that I believe many of them should be viewed on the same level as drug dealers pushing their…

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