Steve Hartman’s “On the Road” reports on the CBS Evening News tend to bring tears to my eyes. These human interest stories are meant to add a pretty bookend to the news of misery, injustice and suffering just reported in the prior 20 minutes. The sugar that helps the medicine go down. On February 28, 2014, Steve met up with Myles Eckert. His interview with the then 8-year old boy… Read More
“Who We Are” Blog Series – Planning and Service
In this fourth and final article in our “Who We Are” Blog Series, I will address our philosophy as it relates to financial planning and client service. There are three key philosophies that shape our planning and services to our clients: the client is the center of what we do, wise financial decisions come from understanding and applying fundamental financial principles, and financial products are only tools to implement broader… Read More
“Who We Are” Blog Series – Investing Philosophy
As we continue in our “Who We Are” blog series, we turn to the core of our business: investing and managing money for our clients. Recently, our Investment Review Committee (IRC) has worked to clarify our investing philosophy. We have been wrestling with the academic research available to us, the strategies we have employed in the past, and how those two things affect the advice we give our clients. We… Read More
“Who We Are” Blog Series – A True Team Practice
At the inception of Master’s in 1994, the founding partners endeavored to create a team practice. In this environment, we wanted clients to experience the benefits of working with a diverse team of financial professionals. In 2000, we made the business transition to a “true team practice.” At that time, we dissolved each advisor’s “book of business,” or personal clients, and all clients became clients of the firm. Also, at… Read More
“Who We Are” Blog Series – Branding and Messaging
During the last year and a half we have enjoyed communicating with you through our blog, and we have given you our perspectives on various topics. Over the next few weeks, we will be using a consistent theme in our posts: Who We Are. This blog series will focus on Master’s Advisors’ foundational principles as well as some insight on our beliefs regarding some of the current topics of the… Read More
Lyle Hershey Receives RICP® Designation
Master’s Advisors is proud to announce that Lyle Hershey, CFP®, CLU®, RICP®, has earned the Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®) designation from The American College of Financial Services. From The American College of Financial Services, “The RICP® educational curricula is the most complete and comprehensive program available to professional financial advisors looking to help their clients create sustainable retirement income. The rigorous three-course credential helps advisors master retirement income planning,… Read More
The Farmhand
“A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the old farmer asked for his qualifications, he replied with confidence “I can sleep when the wind blows.” The statement puzzled the farmer, but he liked the young man nevertheless and hired him. A few days later, the old farmer and his wife were rudely awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things… Read More
Job Opportunity at Master’s Advisors
As you have recently read in our blogs and newsletters, it has been an exciting time of growth for Master’s over the last few years. We have enjoyed partnering with new clients, starting new initiatives and enhancing our servicing procedures. Since Master’s started in 1994, we have held a strong conviction that client service will be a focus of our firm. In an effort to continue to enhance the client… Read More
Being “On Time”
I hate being early. Whether that is to pick someone up from the airport or to arrive at a party, I do not enjoy the attention that being early brings or the time I feel it “wastes.” I also hate being late. Being late adds a serious amount of stress in the journey to my destination and greatly increases my chances of receiving a ticket for a traffic violation. It… Read More
Why Take the Risk?
In one way or another, I believe we all strive for comfort even if that is as simple as getting out of the heat and humidity on a hot summer day into a climate controlled house or office. Generally, we seek to avoid pain and discomfort. Sometimes we will go to great effort to avoid an experience that we believe will be painful. Recently, I have been asking myself if… Read More
