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Early Investing Can Help Build Wealth

In a world where financial security is more important than ever, the value of early investing cannot be overstated. Early investing can help build wealth by setting the foundation for a prosperous future, allowing you to harness the full potential of time and compound interest. At Strategic Planning Group, we understand the transformative impact of starting your investment journey young …

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Spring Forward: Embrace the Outdoors

(As seen in the Spring 2024 Newsletter) As nature blooms with the promise of Spring, it’s the perfect time to step outside, rejuvenate our routines, and embrace the beauty around us. Moreover, this season of renewal offers fresh perspectives not just in our personal lives but also in how we approach our financial futures together.Rejuvenate Your Routine With Spring Wellness …

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Embrace the Journey

Investing, at its core, is a journey marked by sacrifice, determination, and the unwavering commitment to pursuing long-term financial growth through strategic investment strategies. As we navigate this journey together, it’s essential to understand that success in investing goes beyond mere monetary transactions. It’s a transformational process that begins with sacrifice and ends with self-determination.Principle to Embrace The first principle …

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Investing in Resilience

It seems we have been in a strong growth stock market for some time now. This highly polarizing presidential election year has many clients fearing the good times are almost over. No matter who wins this fall, there will be a lot of unhappy voters. Unfortunately, we see this every election season. It causes our clients to be nervous and …

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Spring 2024 Newsletter

Our Strategic Planning Group Spring 2024 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. They each have some great insight with enhancing client services at Strategic Planning Group and investing in current conditions. Are you feeling that Spring fever? Communications Director, Heather Cunningham, promotes …

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Fall 2022 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2022 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Who is in the mood for some trivia?  Test your knowledge and see how you do. Strategic Planning Group is growing. We are always excited to add more members to …

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The Magic of Our Age

Amidst all the chaos of the news cycle and the challenges we face today, behind the scenes there is actual magic happening in this country every single day. We live in a time and place of unprecedented innovation, development, and progress that stand to offer a future worth investing in. In 2014, a company named Plenty founded their first vertical …

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Asset Allocation

What is Asset Allocation? The idea of investing money is a foggy subject for many. This is because there is little understanding about how investments are chosen in a given account. The series of investments that one chooses for their investment portfolio is called an asset allocation.A portfolio’s asset allocation may consist of one or two positions, or hundreds or …

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Separating The Signal From The Noise

What kind of role can a financial professional play for an investor? The answer: an important one. While the value of such a relationship is hard to quantify, the intangible benefits may be long-lasting. There are certain investors who turn to a financial professional with one goal in mind: the “alpha” objective of beating the market. But even Wall Street’s …

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Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes

How do you picture your Future? Some see retirement as a time to start a new career. Others see it as a time to travel. Still others plan to spend more time with family and friends. With that in mind, here are some things to consider.What do you absolutely need to accomplish? If you could only get four or five …