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...
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Retirement vs Education Savings Goals
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...
Social Security, Open Enrollment, and the Stock Market
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...
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...
Should My Grandchildren Invest in the Stock Market?
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...
Will Eliminating Some Trading Commissions Affect the Brokerage Industry?
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...
The Meaningful Work of Helping Clients – Suzanne Himes, CFP®
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 pursue advanced training, continuing...
How Do I Declutter My Finances? Keep, Pitch, or Consolidate?
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...
Founder of Financial Planning Honored on 50th Anniversary
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 honored. In this week's Investment News, the story is...
Why Should I Bother Investing Outside the United States?
A decade of dominance by United States stocks raises a common question: why bother investing outside the United States? Paul Fain, Knoxville Certified Financial Planner and President of Asset Planning Corporation, answers this question and discusses international...