Tiffany B. Ballard, MSPFP, CFP®, AIF®

Most of us know that we should be monitoring our credit, but life gets busy, and that task often falls to the end of our to-do list. However, with the recent breach involving Social Security numbers being exposed on the dark web, this is something that needs to be prioritized. What Happened According to USA […]

Investors have many different financial news outlets across various media channels to select from to get their desired news. Most investors want to be informed – and information is usually good, but it depends on what it is informing you of. How do you discern between financial resources that are beneficial for you and those

Have you noticed that the media tends to have a negative bias to the things they report? Every now and then there is a positive story, but it appears that the vast majority of headlines and stories are negative in nature. There is a reason for this. The Media’s Goal We could surmise that the

Last month’s global Windows outage, which took many businesses offline, is a great reminder of how sensitive computing and the cloud can be. You would think that something that prevented people from corresponding via email and incapacitated Delta Airlines for days would be a malicious virus. But that was not the case. This was simply

I am so grateful to live in a free nation. I am so grateful for the freedom and right to pursue happiness, as established in the Declaration of Independence. Thanks be to many unselfish individuals that sacrificed much, even their own lives, so we can enjoy these freedoms today. These freedoms don’t guarantee desirable outcomes,

As summer comes upon us, many people take time off work, travel, and spend time with family and loved ones. The summer provides many opportunities for us to make memories – memories that can last a lifetime and provide years of joy. But life is complex. We often need to juggle multiple priorities, many of

I thought you might be interested in the challenges and opportunities AI presents in the financial advising space. – Tiffany AI and Financial Advising (2 pages)

The brain has a lot of gray matter but hates gray areas. As a planning machine, the brain needs information that is certain so it can figure out the best course of action. And when we don’t get certain information, we get agitated. Perhaps you have said, “I don’t care if the news is good