Henssler Money Talks

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Senior Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, and Associate Peter Lynch discuss strategies for a couple who want to make significant strides saving for their future, but don’t know if they should be looking at everything as a whole instead of separate accounts with their own objective.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/from-i-do-to-we-will-ho...

Henssler Money Talks – April 13, 2024   Season 38, Episode 15  This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, and Associate Peter Lynch to cover the news that moved the market including the Consumer Price and Producer Price indices. The hosts discuss the price increases and what moves the Fed might make in their...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, to explain Henssler Financial’s unique strategy for deciding when to begin Social Security benefits. The decision on when to begin drawing your Social Security benefits should not be made in the vacuum of which option provides the greater cumulative benefit.  ...

Henssler Money Talks – April 6, 2024 Season 38, Episode 14 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, to summarize the week’s market movements and cover the Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing indices. K.C. and Adam explain Henssler Financial’s unique strategy for deciding wh...

This week on Money Talks, we’ll be off for the Easter holiday. However, you can still tune in to listen to some of our best case studies and listener questions from the past few weeks. In the meantime, we’re here to answer your financial questions.  Email us at DrGene@henssler.com

Estate Planning Attorney Arun Gupta joins Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, to highlight some of the most difficult assets to leave to heirs, and why it is best to manage expectations about inheritance, ensuring heirs have realistic expectations about what they may receive.   Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/from-treasure-to-b...

Henssler Money Talks – March 23, 2024 Season 38, Episode 12 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Estate Planning Attorney Arun Gupta and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, to cover the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, New Residential Construction, and the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting. In response to a case...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, take a deeper dive into the SECURE Act 2.0 provision allowing for Roth IRA rollovers from a 529 Plan.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/navigating-new-rules-roth-ira-rollover-options-for-unused-529-plan-funds  

Henssler Money Talks – March 16, 2024 Season 38, Episode 11 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, to cover February’s employment situation, the Consumer and Producer Price indices, and retail sales. Jarrett takes a deeper dive into the SECURE Act 2.0  provision allowing fo...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined Jim Crone, CFS®, CLU®, Director of Insurance Planning, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, to discuss how life insurance can help wealthy families who may be susceptible to estate tax issues—especially if the expanded estate tax exemption limits expire and revert to 2017 levels.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/the-role-of-...

Henssler Money Talks – March 9, 2024 Season 38, Episode 10 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Jim Crone, CFS®, CLU®, Director of Insurance Planning, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, to discuss the ISM Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing indices, Consumer Sentiment, and the week’s market moves. Jim highlights how life insurance can help...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Associates Peter Lynch and Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, advise a family about the missed opportunities when taking a payout from a 401(k) to pay off their child’s student loans.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/found-money-should-you-use-an-old-401k-to-pay-off-a-childs-student-loans

Henssler Money Talks – March 2, 2024 Season 38, Episode 9 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined Associates Peter Lynch and Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, to discuss the second reading of fourth-quarter 2023 GDP, the PCE Deflator and the February Conference Board Consumer Confidence reading. Josh and Peter advise a family about the missed opportunities when...

Chief Economic Adviser Roger Tutterow, Ph. D., joins Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Managing Associate K. C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, to cover the conflicting signals in the economy, with indicators like an inverted yield curve suggesting a recession while other factors point to growth. Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/understanding-the-economys-contradictory-trends

Henssler Money Talks – February 24, 2024 Season 38, Episode 8  This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Chief Economic Adviser Roger Tutterow, Ph. D., and Managing Associate K. C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, to cover January’s Producer Price Index, the University of Michigan consumer Sentiment Survey, and the minutes from the Fed’s January meeting on monetary...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Jessie Thomas, Tax Manager with CPA Henssler CPAs & Advisers, to recommend actions an investor and his son can do when filing the final tax return for his deceased wife. Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/death-taxes-and-paperwork-filing-a-final-tax-return  

Henssler Money Talks – February 17, 2024 Season 38, Episode 7 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Jessie Thomas, Tax Manager with CPA Henssler CPAs & Advisers, to cover January’s Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, and the slight uptick in jobless claims. Jessie and Michael recommend actions an inv...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Justin Wagner, AIF®, Client Relationship - Retirement Services, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, to provide advice for a couple who treat their 401(k)s quite differently—she actively trades her investments while he hasn’t even looked at his in three years!  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/401k-investing-finding-balanc...

Henssler Money Talks – February 10, 2024 Season 38, Episode 6 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Justin Wagner, AIF®, Client Relationship - Retirement Services, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, to cover January’s employment situation, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, and the ISM Nonmanufacturing Index. Justin and G...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, provide some tips for investors who are fretting how the November election will affect their portfolio.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/steps-to-ensure-your-portfolios-stability-amid-uncertainty

Henssler Money Talks – February 3, 2024 Season 38, Episode 5 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Associate Josh Weidie, CFP®, CWS®, to cover Consumer Confidence, the Fed’s first monetary policy meeting of the year, and jobless claims. Jarrett and Josh provide some tips for investors who are fr...

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Erik Kramschuster, CPA/PFS, a Tax Senior Manager with Henssler CPAs & Advisers, and Associate Clay Norman, CFP®, to provide some tax tips for self-employed individuals, touching on self-employment tax and the available deductions those who work for themselves can take.  Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/unlocking-tax-savings...

Henssler Money Talks – January 27, 2024 Season 38, Episode 4 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Erik Kramschuster, CPA/PFS, a Tax Senior Manager with Henssler CPAs & Advisers, and Associate Clay Norman, CFP®, to cover the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey, the Leading Economic Indicators index, and fourth quarter 2023 GDP. Er...

Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP®, and Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, provide insight for a widow whose late husband took out a reverse mortgage on their home nearly 15 years ago. They discuss what a reverse mortgage is and what it means for her assets and estate going forward. Read the Article: https://www.henssler.com/reverse-mortgages...

Henssler Money Talks – January 20, 2024 Season 38, Episode 3 This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, and Associate Adam Stadalius, CFP® to cover the week’s market action, the Producer Price Index, Retail Sales, and Industrial Production. Planners K.C. and Adam provide some insight for a widow whose late hus...