Ask Mackey Episode 9 | 2018
Most business owners are lousy at finance. The brutal fact is finance isn’t your first love. You just want it to work and not scare the heck out of you. The good news is, you are [...]
8 Steps to a Stronger Financial Foundation
Most business owners are lousy at finance. The brutal fact is finance isn’t your first love. You just want it to work and not scare the heck out of you. The good news is, you are [...]
Back to the Basics of Savings and Investing
This blog post is going to be about portfolios and asset allocation! I bet you just thought to yourselves “Wow, what an exciting topic!” If I have kept your interested thus far, I hope you will [...]
What Are Your Summer Plans?
People either love or hate April. I personally like it for a few reasons: busy season is over, my refund check is in the mail, and the weather is changing. Not everyone gets to share in [...]
Why Planning is Important
If you have spent any significant time with the Mackey Advisors team, you have probably realized that we sometimes sound like a broken record when it comes to the concept of “planning”. That is because almost [...]
Financial Decisions: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
I read a book the other day that asked the question: “What is the best financial decision you have ever made?” I began to think about how this needs to be asked more by financial planners. [...]
10 Years and Counting: Points to Consider as You Approach Retirement
If you're a decade or so away from retirement, you've probably spent at least some time thinking about this major life change. How will you manage the transition? Will you travel, take up a new sport [...]
Caring for Parents and Children — 5 Things to do NOW
The Sandwich Generation: A colorful label for the people who find themselves providing financial, emotional and physical support for both their aging parents and their children at the same time. According to a 2013 Pew Research [...]
Bookkeeper, An Important Team Member!
Bookkeeping is not as simple as it sounds. It is a skill that requires thought and accuracy. A good bookkeeper makes it easy to review and analyze information; a bad bookkeeper will leave your books in [...]
The Importance of the Balance Sheet
There is Top Line Terry and Bottom Line Larry, but there are other “players” needed to make a business successful. The income statement is important for monitoring and finding ways to improve, but if your balance [...]