Risk can be a scary-sounding word. Some people like to take risks in life while others try hard to avoid them. It is the same when it comes to investing.

Andreas Shick recently joined the firm as an advisor. We asked him a few questions for you to get to know him a little better.

Jack Bogle wrote in 2006 about 5 aspects of investing that exists even when the markets are uncertain. These words of wisdom are as applicable today as they were back then.

Market timing is an investment strategy that has proven over time to be a failure. It requires the investor to know when to sell and also when to get back into the market.

Spreading your assets around (a.k.a. diversification) is one of the bedrock principles of portfolio construction. Keep the three levels of diversification in mind while building your portfolio.

Real financial planning is the ongoing process and is not the “formal” financial plan. As President Dwight Eisenhower once said “plans are nothing; planning is everything.”