by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 5, 2009 | Blog, Retirement, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAI had dinner with my best friends last night – a monthly tradition that usually turns into a full night of fun. Not this time, however. It turned out my friends were all in a state over their retirement accounts. Their mutual funds invested...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 2, 2009 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAReading the Fine Print Before You CommitAfter December’s holiday festivities, January can feel like a dreary, lonely month. So you can imagine how delighted I was when I picked up the mail the other week and found an invitation to a...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Dec 31, 2008 | Blog, Career & Income, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAWe all know someone who lost his or her job last year. For my husband’s friend, though, it seemed to happen out of the blue – he is a news producer at a major news station. But with dwindling demand for advertising time, many stations are...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Nov 14, 2008 | Blog, Budgeting, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAWith real estate prices free falling in many areas, mortgages seem to be the topic on everyone’s minds. It is hard to narrow down all the different concerns people have into a structured format, but my facilitators report that one of the...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog, Debt Management, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAI went for a run in the park this morning, with my favorite workout pal. Thank goodness she is a good friend as I don’t run as fast as I used to now being pregnant. Anyways, she surprised me mid-run by asking whether it was really necessary...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA“For years,” a woman said during a recent telephone conference, “I was waiting for the real estate bubble to burst so that I could buy something. Now that it finally has, no one can get a mortgage.”While it is true that it is much more...
