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The Financial Genome: What DNA Can Teach Us About Wealth
If you want to build a truly resilient financial life, the ultimate blueprint isn't found in a textbook; it’s found inside your own cells. Here is what biological DNA can teach us about managing our money.
Why a Second Opinion Can Make a Big Difference
A second opinion can provide valuable perspective. Learn why reviewing your financial strategy with an experienced advisor may help identify opportunities, reduce risk, and strengthen your long-term plan.
The Hidden Costs That Can Impact Your Retirement Savings
Small fees may not seem significant today, but over time they can have a meaningful impact on your retirement savings. In this video, Brad explains how investment fees, plan expenses, and other costs can add up over the course of your career, and why understanding them is an important part of long-term retirement planning.
Why Every Investment Strategy Starts with a Plan
Markets change. Your goals shouldn't. Learn why a thoughtful financial plan provides the foundation for confident, long-term investment decisions.
Investing Success Comes from Hitting Singles and Doubles
Long-term investing is built on consistent decisions, not dramatic swings. Brad shares why patience and discipline often lead to better outcomes over time.
Long Term Care Insurance
Long term Care insurance (LTC) is needed most to protect your wealth after you retire and as you age. Life insurance protects the future income of an individual in case that individual meets with a premature deadly accident or illness. It is meant to replace the future earnings of that person so that loved ones left behind can enjoy the same lifestyle as before.
When the Market Punches You in the Mouth
Markets don't always follow the plan. Brad Taylor shares his perspective on navigating inflation, rising interest rates, and market volatility, and why staying focused on long-term opportunities matters more than reacting to short-term headlines.
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 07/04/26
Notes on the July 29, 2026 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 04/29/26
Notes on the April 29, 2026 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 03/17/26
Notes on the March 17, 2026 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 02/09/26
Notes on the February 9, 2026 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.
What are Trump Accounts?
New accounts have been created as a way for people to help kids save money to be used once the child achieves 18 years of age. These are not retirement accounts although they act just like one in form and function.
Pressures & Boiling Points
The Smoke Signal
Are we going to make payroll?
We are behind on invoicing and collections (AKA show me the money).
We never get financials on time ( Internal Process/Weakness).
We have so much software and I am not sure who uses most of it or if it gets used at all?
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 11/11/25
Notes on the November 11, 2025 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.
Accounting: The first Bottom Line
The professionals that are fierce advocates, guardians of practicing accounting; these are the people that understand we are vital forces for the public, for businesses and their stakeholders and/or owners.
The Judge When the Math is Simple
In business as in baseball we would love our sales to cash turnover to be well over 1 as well. A simple formula that tells us how quickly (efficiently) our cash goes in the bank. Then we have accounted for the variable change.
The Perfect Client
Decades ago, when working for a big Wall Street firm this was a simple answer given to us by management. Whoever had the most money wins. By and large this was a true statement as the business was quite different back then. It was commission based so you can see why whatever client had the most was the most important. But then the game changed for many of us.
Brad’s Reading List
I was sitting in front of the computer over the weekend in my home office. Next to my desk are three bookshelves. I think I need a fourth as they are packed! (FYI the above pic is NOT my bookshelf as I am way too OCD to allow that to happen) Anyway, I was staring at the business section of my personal library and came across the idea of listing out some of my favorite reads so that all of you could enjoy (if that is your thing) for yourselves.
Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting 12/19/24
Notes on the December 19, 2024 Allocation and Investment Committee Meeting with Brad Murrill.