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Brooks, Hughes & Jones now the only Registered Investment Adviser in Tacoma with 3 CFPs

Money Architects co-author and Brooks, Hughes & Jones partner Allyn Hughes has added the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Chartered Life Underwriter designations to his list of credentials. Each of these designations reflects an exceptional amount of time invested in education, … Continue reading

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Coming Tax Changes Create Incentive to Act Now

Most of us prefer to think about taxes only once per year. However, with significant changes coming in 2011, tax considerations of financial planning and investment management will be prominent for the remainder of 2010. Taxes on income, capital gains … Continue reading

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Managing Risk; The Most Important Part of the Plan

Each of us thinks about the risks that we take in our own way. Some people have no difficulty taking risk in their personal lives but are more risk averse in their financial decisions. Others are just the opposite. We … Continue reading

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How to Avoid the 5 Big Investing & Asset Protection Pitfalls of Small Business Owners

Many small business owners demonstrate five important traits that often make them successful entrepreneurs but lower their chances of achieving their retirement goals: Risk #1 – Reinvestment Because their financial future is often directly related to the value of their … Continue reading

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Sovereign Debt Crises Are Nothing New

Government debt problems in Greece and some of its European neighbors have generated a lot of news over the past several weeks. Viewed with the long lens of history, this problem could generate a sarcastic, “So what’s new?” Greece has … Continue reading

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If you can’t predict, at least prepare

When we make investment and financial planning decisions for clients, most often we are not able to predict with any certainty how markets will behave, how or when personal or business situations will change, or the timing and impact of … Continue reading

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Investor behavior is more important than investment performance

The research firm, Dalbar, studies the actual returns that average investors have earned compared to average market returns. The results rarely change. Investors, even if they attempt to diversify by spreading money across different global asset classes, poorly time their … Continue reading

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The damaging pace of tuition inflation

The cost of a college education continues to grow very rapidly. This, of course, is not a surprise. News of tuition inflation has been prominent. Here in Washington state, the legislature is allowing state universities to raise tuition by 14% … Continue reading

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Important considerations about dividend-paying stocks

News about dividends in the past year has mostly been negative. The number of U.S. companies decreasing dividends in 2009 was the highest since 1955. According to Standard & Poor’s, 804 companies reduced their dividend payouts by over $58 billion. … Continue reading

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