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What happens to your cell phone if something happens to you?
Imagine losing your cellphone. In an instant, contact information for everyone you know is gone. Thousands of pictures and other important information are locked away in thin air. Multi-factor authentication no longer works on many of your important accounts because you don’t have the phone that can receive the text/email/pin.

What You Should Know About the Messy Middle of Life Limiting Illnesses
We live longer but our capacity is diminishing and in practical care giving it’s not always clear who is making the decisions from day-to-day. As a financial advisor, I work with clients everyday who live in the gray space with their loved ones. This is the messy middle, where caring

The Difference the Right Financial Advisor Can Make
You have likely been told at least once that you need a financial advisor. Perhaps you know it, but it isn’t getting prioritized over the other things on your to-do list. Maybe you don’t fully understand how one can benefit you. You could even think it is not worth the

Capital Gains Fund Distributions Explained
As typically occurs at year-end, some of the funds in your SYM portfolio are expected to pay capital gains distributions in December. Because such distributions may impact your 2023 tax planning, we’d like to offer some thoughts about the process. Because mutual funds do not pay taxes, they must

What Does Increasing the Minimum Wage Do to the Economy?
We recently asked SYM’s Chief Investment Officer Andy Popenfoose this question. This is a paraphrase of what he shared. Catch his exact words in the video above. The Classic Set up of Two Curves Early labor economics curriculum teaches us about two curves, the supply of labor and the

What happens to your cell phone if something happens to you?
Imagine losing your cellphone. In an instant, contact information for everyone you know is gone. Thousands of pictures and other important information are locked away in thin air. Multi-factor authentication no longer works on many of your important accounts because you don’t have the phone that can receive the text/email/pin.

What You Should Know About the Messy Middle of Life Limiting Illnesses
We live longer but our capacity is diminishing and in practical care giving it’s not always clear who is making the decisions from day-to-day. As a financial advisor, I work with clients everyday who live in the gray space with their loved ones. This is the messy middle, where caring

The Difference the Right Financial Advisor Can Make
You have likely been told at least once that you need a financial advisor. Perhaps you know it, but it isn’t getting prioritized over the other things on your to-do list. Maybe you don’t fully understand how one can benefit you. You could even think it is not worth the

Capital Gains Fund Distributions Explained
As typically occurs at year-end, some of the funds in your SYM portfolio are expected to pay capital gains distributions in December. Because such distributions may impact your 2023 tax planning, we’d like to offer some thoughts about the process. Because mutual funds do not pay taxes, they must

What Does Increasing the Minimum Wage Do to the Economy?
We recently asked SYM’s Chief Investment Officer Andy Popenfoose this question. This is a paraphrase of what he shared. Catch his exact words in the video above. The Classic Set up of Two Curves Early labor economics curriculum teaches us about two curves, the supply of labor and the