I recently sat down with Mark Matson, CEO of Matson Money & Abundance Technologies to ask him a few investing questions. In Part 1 of 2 Mark discusses investor concerns & compares what traditional advisors do versus what we do as Financial Coaches to help our clients achieve true financial peace of mind.

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France 7 years in a row through hard work and prudent exercise. Isn’t it easier to sleep in and not get out of bed in order to exercise? You feel good for the short term but a prudent consistent workout is always better for the long term. The same is true with investing…

Most consumers don’t understand life insurance or the policies they own. Worse than that, most insurance agents don’t understand life insurance either, but they love to sell it to generate large commissions. Chances are you have a policy that is inefficient, possible outdated and was not structured properly from the beginning. Here are some quick facts that you should know…

Las Vegas is built on money lost, not money won – yet, no one ever talks about how much they lost in Vegas. Wall Street is built on trading, commissions, and bid/ask spreads – people lose in Vegas, people lose in investing too. Don’t get portfolio envy over every story you hear about someone who “won” on a hot investment (most of the stories aren’t true anyway).