Click Here To Listen To This Week’s “We Need To Talk” Series On The Minority Money Report Emlen Miles-Mattingly’s “We Need To Talk” series on his podcast The Minority Money Report has been phenomenal. I’ve listened to each of the episodes leading up to this week’s, which I was honored to participate in. Emlen is doing a fantastic job facilitating…
Week In Review Articles The WSJ: US Retail Sales Rose Record 18% In May The WSJ: Powell Says Despite Signs of Stabilization, Risks of Long-Term Economic Damage Are Significant The WSJ: Fed Will Amass Corporate Bond Portfolio Using Index Approach The WSJ: Investors Approaching Retirement Face Painful Decisions “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton…
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to join Kayla Sullivan from Fox 59 to discuss side hustles and what entrepreneurs should consider when setting getting their side hustle off the ground. Getting a chance to be on the local media is always a lot of fun, but they typically are only able to use a very small portion…
If you look up inertia in the dictionary you will find its definition to be (emphasis is mine) “the resistance of any physical object to change its velocity. This includes changes to the object’s speed or direction of motion.“ Inertia is the glue preventing too many individuals from chasing their dreams, from finding and living their purpose, and from living…
Week In Review video returns next week! Camera difficulty prevented this week’s video. Week In Review Articles The WSJ: World Bank Sees 5.2% Decline in Global Economy in 2020 From Coronavirus The WSJ: April’s Historic Economic Plunge Points to Steep Climb for the World Economy The WSJ: U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Fell to 1.5 Million Last Week The WSJ: Fed Officials Project No Rate…
Minority Money Report Podcast: We Need To Talk Series With Emlen Miles-Mattingly, Samuel Deane, Dasarte Yarnway, and Tyrone Ross. “What can I do?” Listen. Learn. Empathize. Speak up. This exchange has occurred countless times over the last few weeks and as the protests begin to slow down, the news coverage begins to shift back to COVID-19, and life begins to…
This just went out to all RLS Wealth Management clients and prospective clients. I thought I’d share this here to: Show my and RLS Wealth’s support for the black community and our commitment to do our part and encourage others to do theirs. Encourage other financial advisors to communicate their message to their clients–whatever YOUR message might be. Encourage clients…
You might recall a blog post where I described slowing down the growth of RLS Wealth, and taking on just a few new clients a year in order to spend time helping other financial advisors through The AGC™and through individual consulting—helping advisors develop their content marketing strategy, tell their story, and ultimately build their company and personal brand to grow…
I’m saddened to be writing another non-finance blog. It was not that long ago I wrote about Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and now we have cities across the country burning after George Floyd’s. I’ve written two other “posts” for today that I have decided to keep to myself—they were much longer and shared my thoughts and feelings. They were therapeutic to write—to…
Week In Review Articles The WSJ: The Job Market’s Long Road Back The WSJ: Powell Says Fed Prepared to Use ‘Full Range of Tools’ to Support Economy The WSJ: Rental-Car Company Hertz Files for Bankruptcy You have to be ok with people hating you to do anything interesting it turns out. Nobody mentioned that growing up. Figure out what you feel is right…