STEPHEN NELSON AWARDED THE ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY® DESIGNATION FROM Fi360 SOUTHLAKE, TX 9/28/2022 – Stephen Nelson of Mills Wealth Advisors has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) Designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies®, the standards-setting body for Fi360, a Broadridge company. The AIF® Designation signifies specialized knowledge of

Smart investors know that trying to time the market is often a losing game. Instead, you plan ahead and invest in such a way as to minimize risk and maximize your returns. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just getting started, dollar-cost averaging could be beneficial. What is dollar-cost averaging?

The fact that you’ve decided to retire doesn’t necessarily mean you want to stop working. Retirement is a great time to explore alternative career options, try your hand at a new career, or work part-time to add a little extra cash to your bottom line every month. However, continuing to

The White House forgave up to $10,000 to student loan borrowers recently as part of a larger debt forgiveness program. There are still quite a few questions to be answered, but here are some key points to know. Pell vs. non-Pell: Loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 is available to

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Do you have extra cash and are wondering whether you should save it, pay off debt, or invest it? Maximizing the use of excess cash is a balancing act, where the answer is different in every situation. This article breaks down how to prioritize debt paydown, and how holding too

These have been 2022’s monthly returns in the S&P 500: January -5.2% February -3.0% March +3.7% April -8.7% May +0.2% June -8.3% July +9.2% There have been three months this year when the market fell by -5% or more, that didn’t happen once in 2021 and we saw it twice

There’s so much to learn about investing. One of the best ways to understand the industry is to study some of the great investors and purveyors of financial knowledge. Here, we share 13 quotes by philosophers, businesspeople, and investors. We hope you learn something new and enjoy studying the history,

Fiduciary Duty Recently I was invited to speak on the New Planner Podcast about how I ended up with Mills Wealth Advisors and why I chose Mills Wealth Advisors over the many other offers I received across the country. It was really fun to get to tell my story and

DOWNLOAD THE PDF As most of you are aware, 2022 has been a tough investing climate in the market. It is rare that both stocks and bonds do poorly at the same time. The last time this happened was almost 2 decades ago in 1994, and only bonds ended the