This is my first entry. So, welcome! I will keep this short and sweet. Mostly, I want to introduce myself and let you know what we will be doing at www.snowdonfinancial.com.
My name is Michael Snowdon and I am a financial planner. Actually, I have worked in the financial services area for more than 20 years. If you look at my bio on the website, you will see that I teach and write about financial planning. I have also had the privilege of helping the financial planning associations of South Korea and Japan as well as a few other organizations in some other countries. In the US, I get to work with lots of planners, our Financial Planning Association, some financial corporations to name a few.
Along the way, I have become deeply passionate about the benefits of financial planning. Financial planning done well, that is. Unfortunately, it seems that lots of people who call themselves financial planners really don’t practice financial planning. Instead, they seem to use financial planning mostly as a way to sell their stuff. That’s not always beneficial to the person seeking financial help. On the other end of the spectrum are financial planners who really do know what they are doing, and do it well. However, they only want to work with people who have lots of money. I understand this, because that’s their business model and they have to make a living.
So where does that leave everyone else? In a lot of cases, it leaves the average person without a good source of financial planning help and information. There’s a big need, but not much good, qualified help. That’s where our website comes in. We (my wife Barb and I) decided that we would try to help. So, within the limits of what can be done with a website and a blog, we are going to provide as much solid financial planning information as we can. Free. No obligation. No strings attached. Help and information that you can use to guide you along the path to achieving your financial goals and dreams. Basically, we want to shed a little light on the path to keep you from stumbling.
Now, this will not be heavy-duty, personalized stuff. For that, you really do need to find a financial planner who is competent and who you can trust. We can help you locate one, but we probably cannot help do any in-depth financial planning for you via the website. We are planning to offer a series of web-based financial planning education classes in the near future (not free, but reasonably priced), that can help in a little more focused way, but that’s a little bit down the road.
For now, we are offering as many resources as we can. It’s a work in progress. As I write more articles, I will post them. As I find more good web sites you can check-out, I will post the links. We will be using this blog space to talk about all sorts of financial planning issues – everything from the basics, to what to look for in a planner, to college and retirement planning, investments, insurance and risk management. Lots of areas. There will probably be an opinion or two expressed, also.
We also want to be responsive to what you want. So, if you have suggestions, questions, concerns, ideas for the site – send us an email and let us know.
That’s about it for now. I hope you will join us in this financial planning journey by visiting www.snowdonfinancial.com. Along the way, we can learn some things, learn from each other, and head along the path to achieving our financial goals and dreams.
All the very best to you,
Michael
Providing some light for the path.
