by Ben Hockema, CFP® | Mar 9, 2026 | Investing
One thing that has been on my mind for a few years is the tendency for people to compare their experiences before knowing how they feel about it. Everything is relative. How your lunch compares to yesterday’s has at least as much impact on your satisfaction as the...
by Ben Hockema, CFP® | Jan 31, 2024 | Investing
We are starting a new series of blog posts looking behind the scenes of how we manage portfolios for our ongoing clients. Many of these things have been discussed in various levels of detail in the past, but we wanted to give you a full picture of what happens on an...
by Ben Hockema, CFP® | Aug 10, 2022 | Basics
Compounding. It sounds like a word they would use on a farm. As in, “I’ve got some compounding to do down on the back forty so I won’t be able to shuck corn with ya this afternoon”. In reality, compounding is just one more of those financial...
by Ben Hockema, CFP® | Apr 26, 2022 | Bonds, Investing
One of the staple investment beliefs has historically been that “bonds are for protection and stocks are for growth”. While the evidence has generally backed this up, it is important that we balance what worked before with the current and future investment...
