by John McGowan | Aug 9, 2022 | General, Financial Planning
Confessions of a die-hard DIYer. I must confess, I’m a die-hard DIYer (Do It Yourselfer). My parents instilled this nature in me: Why pay someone else when you can do it yourself? In my younger adult years, I renovated several homes with my father, an architect, over...
by John McGowan | Apr 22, 2022 | ESG, Financial Planning, Impact Investing, Sustainability
I remember participating in the first Earth Day in 1970 at the 8-room rural school I attended outside the town of Marengo, Illinois. Riley School doesn’t look much different today! Mr. Desmond, our science teacher, organized us. I dug up Sugar Maple saplings from the...
by John McGowan | Jun 16, 2021 | Budgeting, ESG, Financial Planning
Does the thought of learning what you spend on restaurants and carry-out each month make you uneasy? If you answered “Yes,” you aren’t alone. As a financial advisor, I regularly hear the stress in a new client’s voice when we come to the “Dining Out” category of their...
by John McGowan | May 1, 2020 | Financial Planning, General
The effects of a financial crisis can be devastating. As an employee, you may lose your job or get a cut in pay. As an independent contractor your gig pipeline may dry up. As a business owner, you may lose revenues overnight that have taken you years to build up. And...
