If your kids are asking you for money and you just can't say no, you might be financially enabling them.This week on WBIR's Sunday Money, Paul Fain discusses what it means to be a financial enabler. BEGGING FOR MONEY - THIS IS IN A CHILD'S JOB DESCRIPTION! - "I've...
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Deposit Box Safety Measures
This week on WBIR, we discuss the use of a bank safe deposit box to store valuable papers and small assets. But is the box really safe? Are there alternatives? Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation joins us to look at your Sunday Money. PAUL, WHAT ARE...
Improving Your Long-Term Investing Results
We’ve all heard of the power of positive thinking, but imagining failure is one of your best tools for achieving financial planning success. Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation, explains this week on WBIR. IT’S NOT ENOUGH...
When Is It Time To Sell A Mutual Fund?
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...
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...
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...
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...