Steve Starnes MBA, CFP®

Financial Advisor with Grand Wealth Management. Amateur violinist & Alzheimer's advocate. Fan of the Oxford comma.

[BIG ED @NYCKING]

#duke fans chanting “We Want Michigan”

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

Glad to be at #NAPFA22! Look forward to meeting and sharing ideas with other great financial advisors here!

[Dr. Greg McKeown @GregoryMcKeown]

Do less.
But better.
You will be happier.

[Alasdair Munro @apsmunro]

Did you hear vaccinated people with Delta “have just as much virus in their nose so are just as infectious as unvaccinated”?

Turns out vaccinated people have significantly less culturable virus present at the same Ct count

They are LESS INFECTIOUS 💥

https://t.co/OX0Ul0ntWc

[Peter Meijer @PeterMeijer]

A responsible headline would read: 99.93% of fully vaccinated Americans have not tested positive. The COVID vaccine works.

[Ben Carlson @awealthofcs]

Housing prices are now up nearly 40% from the mid-2000s bubble peak

The US stock market is now up ~275% from the 2007 debt bubble peak

Sometimes the best investment strategy is just waiting

[Hannah Moore, CFP® @thehannahjmoore]

Something I find interesting: a lot of our biases in our professional lives can masquerade as “expertise.” Are you really sharing that advice with a client because it’s best for them and their plans… or is it because you think the alternative(s) isn’t one you should entertain?

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

@callieabost The @RationalRemind podcast

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

@danielcrosby Saugatuck Michigan

[Blair H duQuesnay @BlairHduQuesnay]

Don’t forget to check your 1 year performance today.

[Liz Ann Sonders @LizAnnSonders]

Nightlife: most of last year’s gains for S&P 500 were made in overnight trading, while intraday trading yielded virtually no gain @Bloomberg
[Past performance is no guarantee of future results]

[Barry Ritholtz @Ritholtz]

"Since 1916, the Dow has made new all-time highs less than 5% of all days, but it’s up 25,568% over that time. 95% of the time, you’re underwater. The less you look, the better off you’ll be." Via @michaelbatnick

https://t.co/TFT81RZQMu

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

@awealthofcs Grumpier Old Men was fun if I recall.

[Kyle Moore @KyleSMoore]

The hardest thing about investing prudently is that you eliminate your chances of getting rich the lucky way.

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

@jbrendanfrazier @Vanguard_FA Where is training on behavioral coaching provided?

[Steve Starnes MBA, CFP® @StevenAStarnes]

@danielcrosby Please share which you think is best!

[Jason Zweig @jasonzweigwsj]

Abraham Lincoln was told by one of his advisors who favored punishing the South, “Mr. President, you’re supposed to destroy your enemies, not make friends of them!”
Mr. Lincoln replied, “Am I not destroying an enemy when I make a friend of him?”
-- John Wooden

[Larry Swedroe @larryswedroe]

value outperformed growth 93% of rolling 10-years back to 1926. Last decade painful, but happened before, should be expected. Stocks underperform tbills about similar %. Value is about putting odds in your favor and diversifying sources of risk. Now value historically very cheap

[Jeff Levine, CPA/PFS, CFP® @CPAPlanner]

Want to reduce the volatility of your portfolio?

Stop looking at it so often!

Exhibit A👇