Financial Planning Software

Through Slate, Disharoon, Parrish and Associates you can have access to a complex software that makes tracking your finances simple. Review your investments, assets, and expenses all from one convenient secure location. It’s called eMoney and as a client of SDP,...
Value of Fee-Based Advisor

Value of Fee-Based Advisor

Why are more and more financial advisors fee-based? It comes down to philosophy. Advisors are increasingly choosing a business model that promotes a trusted, ongoing relationship with a client, rather than just a sale. Would you rather meet with an advisor or a...
Mind Over Money

Mind Over Money

Emotion often drives our financial decisions, even when logic should. When we go to the grocery store, we seldom shop on logic alone. We may not even buy on price. We buy one type of yogurt over another because of brand loyalty, or because one brand has more appealing...
How Can You Make Your Retirement Money Last?

How Can You Make Your Retirement Money Last?

These spending and investing precepts may encourage its longevity. All retirees want their money to last a lifetime. There is no guarantee it will, but, in pursuit of that goal, households may want to adopt a couple of spending and investing precepts. One precept:...
Helicopter Money

Helicopter Money

Should America consider this radical economic stimulus tactic? Imagine cash falling from the sky into the hands of grateful consumers. Fleets of helicopters hover over cities, dispensing massive flurries of $100 bills. Everyone gets their fair share of the money....